{"id":3673,"date":"2020-12-12T12:42:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T17:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/?page_id=3673"},"modified":"2022-08-01T05:41:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T09:41:11","slug":"ubbiteg-fooraas-bi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/the-four-languages\/wolof\/wolof-manuscripts\/ubbiteg-fooraas-bi\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Tower Inaugural Speech (Ubbiteg Fooraas bi)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Title<\/td>\nWater Tower Inaugural Speech (Ubbiteg Fooraas bi)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Author or Owner<\/td>\nAbdul Ahad Mbakke (author), Baye Ch\u00e9rif Ndiaye (owner)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subject<\/td>\nGratitude, Infrastructure, Leadership, Muridiyya, President Senghor<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Content<\/td>\nThe document is a speech delivered by Abdul Ahad Mbakke (Serigne Abdoul Ahad Mback\u00e9 in French sources), the third Caliph of the Muridiyya during the inauguration of a second water tower in the city of Touba. The water tower was constructed by the government of Leopold S\u00e9dar Senghor in 1972. The speech was delivered to President Senghor, religious leaders, and community members. The Caliph provides the rationale behind his speech and expresses his gratitude to President Senghor for his generous construction of a second water tower in Touba. The Caliph appreciates the fact that there was no other place in Senegal at that time where the distance between two water towers was less than five kilometers. He expressed his gratitude to the government and reminded President Senghor of the statement he made when they first met: that the interest of the people always comes first for him. He reminds the Murid communities of their obligations to be good citizens and follow the teachings of Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba who made numerous sacrifices for their sake. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genre<\/td>\nProse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language<\/td>\nWolof<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Script<\/td>\nWolof Ajami<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manuscript condition<\/td>\nPrinted document<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/td>\nPrinted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publisher<\/td>\nUnpublished<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Provenance<\/td>\nTouba, Senegal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Source Reference<\/td>\nWaxtaani S\u00ebri\u00f1 Abdul Lahad Mb\u00e0kke [Speeches of S\u00ebri\u00f1 Abdul Lahad Mb\u00e0kke].<\/i> Personal Collection of Baye<\/span> Cherif Ndiaye, Touba, Senegal.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access condition and copyright<\/td>\nThese materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contributors<\/td>\nFallou Ngom, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Eric Schmidt, Gana Ndiaye, Martin Aucoin, Cheikh Mouhamadou S. Diop, Alison Parker, Shawn Provencal, and Mark Lewis.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Required citation information<\/td>\nFallou Ngom (PI), Gana Ndiaye, Cheikh Mouhamadou S. Diop, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Martin Aucoin, and other contributors. 2022. \u201cWater Tower Inaugural Speech.\u201d <\/span>https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/the-four-languages\/wolof\/wolof-manuscripts\/ubbiteg-fooraas-bi\/<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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