{"id":469,"date":"2021-04-09T10:56:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:11:51","slug":"wolof-unit-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/wolof\/wolof-unit-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 1: Dame Dian\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Title<\/td>Conversation with Dame Dian\u00e9  <\/td><\/tr>
Interviewer<\/td>Fallou Ngom<\/td><\/tr>
Subject<\/td>Acquisition of Wolof Ajami literacy, Quranic studies, poetry, advertising, communication, marketing, current events, illegal immigration<\/td><\/tr>
Content<\/td>Dame Dian\u00e9 (or Daan Jaane in the standard Wolof Latin script spelling) belongs to the young generation of African Ajami poets. He is also a Quranic teacher in Touba, Senegal. He was born in 1986 in the city of Rufisque (called T\u00ebng\u00e9ej in Wolof), where he started his Quranic studies. Besides serving as a Quranic teacher, his professional activities include moderating conferences and public lectures, serving as a Master of Ceremony at Quranic recital events, advertising the products of local companies and entrepreneurs in Ajami texts and videos clips, and announcing and broadcasting events to the larger public in Wolof Ajami. He also composes Wolof Ajami poems, both on religious and   current social issues such as illegal immigration. In the interview with Professor Ngom, Mr. Dian\u00e9 described his experience in the local Quranic education system, including having to write two complete copies of the Quran from memory as part of his graduation requirement. His Ajami writing skills came through interpersonal communication such as writing letters to his friends and parents and through reading classical and religious texts in Ajami. In the interview, Mr. Dian\u00e9 also reflected on his current role as an educator. Besides teaching the Quran and literacy to his pupils, his activities also include educating children about current events and ongoing social and political issues that their country faces. Mr. Dian\u00e9 finished the interview by citing his recent poem on immigration, reflecting on the causes and consequences of ongoing migration from Senegal to Morocco and Spain, with people crossing the Atlantic Ocean in fishing boats. <\/td><\/tr>
Language<\/td>Wolof<\/td><\/tr>
Script<\/td>Wolof Ajami (locally called Wolofal)<\/td><\/tr>
Location<\/td>Touba, Senegal<\/td><\/tr>
Pedagogical content\/application<\/td>Includes relevant linguistic, stylistic and cultural skills as identified in our assessment guidebook\/ ACTFL guidelines<\/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, Ablaye Diakite, Elhadji Djibril Diagne, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Gana Ndiaye, Alison Parker and Frank Antonelli.<\/td><\/tr>
Required citation information<\/td>Fallou Ngom (PI), Ablaye Diakite, Elhadji Djibril Diagne, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, and other contributors. 2023. \u201cConversation with Dame Dian\u00e9.\u201d https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/wolof\/wolof-unit-1\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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