{"id":645,"date":"2023-06-12T14:40:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T18:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/?page_id=645"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:14:55","slug":"wolof-unit-6b","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/wolof\/wolof-unit-6b\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 6B: Khady Pouye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Title<\/td>Conversation with Khady Pouye<\/td><\/tr>
Interviewer<\/td>Fallou Ngom and Ablaye Diakite<\/td><\/tr>
Subject<\/td>Education, significance of Ajami literacy, impact of Ajami poetry<\/td><\/tr>
Content<\/td>Khady Pouye (Xadi Puy in the standard Wolof Latin script spelling) was born in 1982 in Dakar, Senegal. She studied the Quran at home under the supervision of a teacher. She is self-taught in Wolof Ajami as she belongs to a Murid family where Ajami poems of renowned poets are widely read and cited. In this interview, she discusses her long-standing interest in the Wolof language that led her to write her M.A. thesis on the Wolof Ajami literary tradition, focusing particularly on the work of S\u00ebri\u00f1 Muusaa Ka (1889-1967), the most famous Wolof Ajami poet. Mrs. Pouye discusses the importance of being able to speak and write in one\u2019s native language, and suggests that Ajami writing be taught at universities in Senegal and other West African countries. She describes how her illiterate mother had memorized numerous Wolof Ajami poems and used to draw insights from them to advise them and cultivate virtues among her children when they were young.  <\/td><\/tr>
Language<\/td>Wolof<\/td><\/tr>
Script<\/td>Wolof Ajami (locally called Wolofal)<\/td><\/tr>
Location<\/td>Dakar, 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 Ndiaye, 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 Khady Pouye.\u201d https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/wolof\/wolof-unit-6b\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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