{"id":722,"date":"2023-08-01T15:16:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/?page_id=722"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:14:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:14:05","slug":"wolof-unit-5b","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/wolof\/wolof-unit-5b\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 5B: Abdou Lahad Tour\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Title<\/td>Conversation with Abdou Lahad Tour\u00e9 <\/td><\/tr>
Interviewer<\/td>Fallou Ngom<\/td><\/tr>
Subject<\/td>Life story and education, becoming a professional Ajami poetry singer, leadership of Shaykh Abdou Lahad Mb\u00e0kke, history of the preservation of Murid Ajami Archives <\/td><\/tr>
Content<\/td>Abdou Lahad Tour\u00e9 (Abdu Lahad Ture in the standard Wolof Latin script orthography) is the most famous contemporary Wolof Ajami singer. He was born in 1960 and raised in the village of Ture-Ngan near Nd\u00e0nd, in the region of Louga, Senegal. In this interview, Mr. Tour\u00e9 discusses how he became a professional singer of Wolof Ajami poetry thanks to the leadership of the third caliph of the Muridiyya, Serigne Abdou Lahad Mback\u00e9 (1914-1989), also known as S\u00ebri\u00f1 Abdu Lahad or Abdu Lahat Mb\u00e0kke. He shares his first encounter with this Murid leader and the story of how he personally coached him to become specialized in singing the poetry of S\u00ebri\u00f1 Mbay Jaxate (1875-1954), one of the most famous Wolof Ajami poets who was a close follower of the founder of the Muridiyya Sufi order, Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba (1853-1927). Abdou Lahad Tour\u00e9 also discusses Caliph Abdou Lahad Mback\u00e9\u2019s pioneering efforts in collecting and recording recitations of Mbay Jaxate\u2019s poems and preserving them for posterity. He highlights how the Murid leader loved Mbay Jaxate\u2019s poems, especially the one where the poet gives him important advice. In Murid communities, Caliph Abdou Lahad is remembered as a visionary leader who built important infrastructures in the city of Touba, including the central library known as Daaray Kaamil and Biblioth\u00e8que Cheikhoul Khadim. At the end of the interview, Abdou Lahad Tour\u00e9 recites a poem he composed to honor his beloved leader for his achievements and legacy.<\/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 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 Abdou Lahad Tour\u00e9.\u201d https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/wolof\/wolof-unit-5b\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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