{"id":473,"date":"2021-04-09T10:57:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/?page_id=473"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:12:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:12:48","slug":"wolof-unit-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/wolof\/wolof-unit-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 3: Serigne Khalil Mback\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Title<\/td>Conversation with Serigne Khalil Mback\u00e9 <\/td><\/tr>
Interviewer<\/td>Fallou Ngom<\/td><\/tr>
Subject<\/td>Ajami poetry, geography, travel, education, the United States<\/td><\/tr>
Content<\/td>In this interview, Serigne Khalil Mback\u00e9 (S\u00ebri\u00f1 Xaliil Mb\u00e0kke in the standard Wolof Latin script orthography) discusses his upbringing, education, and how he acquired Wolof Ajami literacy. He also reflects on the relationship between Wolofal poetry and Arabic poetry. He discusses how he developed interest in world geography and started composing Ajami poems on that topic as a result of the influence of his late grandfather, Serigne Saliou Mback\u00e9  (1915-2007) or S\u00ebri\u00f1 Saalihu Mb\u00e0kke in the standard Wolof Latin script spelling. He shares how his grandfather, who served as the Caliph of the Muridiyya Sufi order of Senegal from 1990 to 2007, was well versed in world geography and used to discuss this subject with him. He shares his views on the educational value of traveling and explains why he documents the geography of the countries he visits in the form of Ajami poetry. He notes that using Google and maps, and writing poems on the geography of the countries he visits (United States, France, Belgium, Italie, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Cape Verde, etc.), allows him to better understand those countries and travel in them more easily. The excerpt of the poem he reads in this interview was written during one of his trips to the United States.<\/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, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Sam Niang, Elhadji Djibril Diagne, Gana Ndiaye, Alison Parker, and Frank Antonelli.<\/td><\/tr>
Required citation information<\/td>Fallou Ngom (PI), Ablaye Diakite, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Elhadji Djibril Diagne, Sam Niang, and other contributors. 2023. \u201cConversation with Serigne Khalil Mback\u00e9.\u201d https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/wolof\/wolof-unit-3\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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