{"id":475,"date":"2021-04-09T10:57:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/?page_id=475"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:13:14","slug":"wolof-unit-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/wolof\/wolof-unit-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 4: Fallou Kane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Title<\/td>Conversation with Fallou Kane  <\/td><\/tr>
Interviewer<\/td>Fallou Ngom<\/td><\/tr>
Subject<\/td>Education, Ajami literacy, poetry, travel and work experience <\/td><\/tr>
Content<\/td>Fallou Kane (F\u00e0llu Kan in the standard Wolof Latin script spelling) was born in 1981 in Mback\u00e9 in the region of Diourbel, Senegal. He started his Quranic studies at the school of Serigne Mourtalla Mback\u00e9 in Touba. Later, he attended the Al-Azhar school in Touba where he learned Arabic, before enrolling in Serigne Cheikh Ly\u2019s school in Mback\u00e9 to continue his education. He also spent a few years at the school of Serigne Khalil Mourtalla Mback\u00e9, his teacher and spiritual leader in Touba-HLM. Fallou Kane was trained as a mason. After obtaining his masonry certificate, he spent three years in Mauritania working in the construction business. He also spent three years in Dakar, Senegal, working as a street vendor. Mr. Kane has also worked as a professional photographer. He is now a Wolof Ajami poetry singer and writer, and takes part in annual Wolof Ajami poetry competitions, which gather the best young Wolof Ajami poets in the country. In this conversation with Fallou Ngom, Mr. Kane discusses his work, reflects on how he became an Ajami poet, and talks about literary innovations that his generation is making in Wolof Ajami poetry.<\/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, Elhadji Djibril Diagne, Gana Ndiayie, Alison Parker, and Frank Antonelli.<\/td><\/tr>
Required citation information<\/td>Fallou Ngom (PI), Ablaye Diakite, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Elhadji Djibril Diagne, and other contributors. 2023. \u201cConversation with Fallou Kane.\u201d https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/wolof\/wolof-unit-4\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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