{"id":728,"date":"2023-08-01T15:23:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/?page_id=728"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:13:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:13:39","slug":"wolof-unit-5a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/wolof\/wolof-unit-5a\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 5A: Fatou Bintou Lo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Title<\/td>Conversation with Fatou Bintou Lo<\/td><\/tr>
Interviewer<\/td>Fallou Ngom and Ablaye Diakite<\/td><\/tr>
Subject<\/td>New women Wolof poets, education, Wolofal (Wolof Ajami writing and poetry), tribute to her husband<\/td><\/tr>
Content<\/td>Fatou Bintou Lo (Faatu Bintu L\u00f3 in the standard Wolof Latin script spelling) belongs to the new generation of Wolof Ajami poets in Senegal. She is twenty-two, and was born and raised in Touba where she completed her Quranic and advanced Islamic studies. She studied Arabic, grammar, and theology. The transition between writing in Arabic and Wolof Ajami was natural to her, due to her knowledge of the works of the renowned Wolof Ajami poet, S\u00ebri\u00f1 Muusa Ka, and other Wolof Ajami writers in her community. Ms. Lo describes how Wolofal poetry reinforced her love of writing. She has written many poems on various subjects, including a poem about the yearly religious pilgrimage in the city Touba (called Le Grand Magal de Touba in French) and a love poem dedicated to her husband, both of which she shared in the interview. She also describes how reading and writing Ajami poetry has improved her knowledge of the Wolof language. Ms. Lo lives with her husband in Ngu\u00e9khokh, Senegal, where she serves as a Quranic teacher and a Wolof Ajami poetess.<\/td><\/tr>
Language<\/td>Wolof<\/td><\/tr>
Script<\/td>Wolof Ajami (locally called Wolofal)<\/td><\/tr>
Location<\/td>Ngu\u00e9khokh, 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 Fatou Bintou Lo.\u201d https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ria\/wolof\/wolof-unit-5a\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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