{"id":467,"date":"2021-04-09T10:55:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/?page_id=467"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:09:21","slug":"mandinka-unit-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/mandinka\/mandinka-unit-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 3: Wandifa Dram\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Title<\/td>Conversation with Wandifa Dram\u00e9<\/td><\/tr>
Interviewer<\/td>Ibrahima Yaffa<\/td><\/tr>
Subject<\/td>Herbal Medicine, Islamic Panacea, Traditional Healing Methods<\/td><\/tr>
Content<\/td>Wandifa Dram\u00e9 was born in 1965 in Bujee-Saamin in the region of Sedhiou, Senegal. He had his Islamic education in Pakaawu Mankonombaa Saa\u00f1ankundaa, where he learned reading and writing in Mandinka Ajami. Later his father moved to Ziguinchor, where he has lived since then. He serves now as a Muslim religious teacher and healer who focuses on local herbal and Islamic medicine. In this interview, Mr. Dram\u00e9 recounts how he was motivated to study Ajami in order to be able to read and write in his native Mandinka language. He talks about the significance of Ajami as a traditional Mandinka writing system that is passed down by elders to the younger generation. Mr. Dram\u00e9 shows and discusses the documents written in Ajami on African traditional medicine that he uses in his treatments. These include various plant-based remedies. Mr. Dram\u00e9 discusses how he uses these remedies in combination with religious elements such as Quranic verses in his treatments, and reflects on some ways to prepare these traditional forms of medicine. He also discusses various herbal recipes for protection against \u201cnight people\u201d (witches).<\/td><\/tr>
Language<\/td>Mandinka<\/td><\/tr>
Script<\/td>Mandinka Ajami<\/td><\/tr>
Pedagogical content\/application<\/td>Includes relevant linguistic, stylistic and cultural skills as identified in our assessment guidebook\/ ACTFL guidelines <\/td><\/tr>
Location<\/td>Ziguinchor, Senegal<\/td><\/tr>
Access condition and copyright<\/td>These materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 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><\/tr>
Contributors<\/td>Fallou Ngom, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Bala Saho, Ibrahima Ngom, Mamadou Aw Ndiaye, Ousmane Cisse, Ablaye Diakite, Alison Parker, and Frank Antonelli.<\/td><\/tr>
Required citation information<\/td>Fallou Ngom (PI), Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Bala Saho,Ibrahima Ngom, Mamadou Aw Ndiaye, Ousmane Cisse, Ablaye Diakite, and other contributors. 2022. \u201cConversation with Wandifa Dram\u00e9.\u201d https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/mandinka\/mandinka-unit-3\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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