Suukuwo aniŋ Keetaala: Devotional Poetry and Inheritance in Mandinka Ajami

The entire manuscript is available for download as a PDF file(s). Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Fallou Ngom (Pricipal Investigator; Director, African Studies Center), Ablaye Diakité (Local Project Manager), Mr. Ibrahima Yaffa (General Field Facilitator), and Ibrahima Ngom (photographer). Technical Team: Professor Fallou Ngom (Principle Investigator, Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). This collection of Mandinka Ajami materials is copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. This is a joint project between BU and the West African Research Center (WARC), funded by the British Library/Arcadia Endangered Archives Programme. Access Condition and Copyright: 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 fully cited using the information below. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, & Diakité, Ablaye. (2018). African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/27112. For Inquiries: please contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). For technical assistance, please contact [email protected] / Custodial history: The owner inherited the documents from his father's young brother, El-hadji Seckou Toure, who was born in Boudhie-Senghere. He later relocated to Pakao-Tourecounda where he founded the first Quranic school and lived there until his death.Contains four small Mandinka Ajami manuscripts. The newest one is a poem dedicated to Kemo Thiam, a friend of the author (El-hadji Seckou Toure). The poet urges his friend not to be far from his family and to follow Islamic recommendations in whatever situation he may find himself. The second document is a poem dedicated to El-hadji Amath Cisse. It is also written by El-hadji Seckou Toure who is the spiritual leader and a close friend of El-Hadji Amath Cisse, a local politician. The poet prays for his friend and encourages him to pursue his political ambitions to become a member of the Senegalese national parliament. The third document is a copy of a poem by Arfang Sitokoto Dabo, the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet of Senegambia. The poet invites people to be united and to cultivate virtues of compassion and forgiveness as taught by Prophet Muḥammad. The last document is a poem dealing with the rules of inheritance to avoid unfair distribution of the properties of deceased people among their heirs. It was written by Cheikh El-hadji Sidiya Drame, the father of the current owner

Kandoolu Kitaaboolu: Collection of Bilingual Texts

The entire manuscript is available for download as a PDF file(s). Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Fallou Ngom (Pricipal Investigator; Director, African Studies Center), Ablaye Diakité (Local Project Manager), Mr. Ibrahima Yaffa (General Field Facilitator), and Ibrahima Ngom (photographer). Technical Team: Professor Fallou Ngom (Principle Investigator, Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). This collection of Mandinka Ajami materials is copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. This is a joint project between BU and the West African Research Center (WARC), funded by the British Library/Arcadia Endangered Archives Programme. Access Condition and Copyright: 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 fully cited using the information below. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, & Diakité, Ablaye. (2018). African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/27112. For Inquiries: please contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). For technical assistance, please contact [email protected] / Custodial history: The owner inherited the materials from his father, El-hadji Ibrahima Kalilou Diebate.The first manuscript in this collection is a copy of an Arabic devotional poem called Marmūz al-Tantaranī written by Aḥmad bin Abū Bakr, with glosses in Arabic and Mandinka. The poem was copied by Sidiya Toure, the uncle of the manuscript owner’s father. The second document is a copy of a devotional Arabic poem with Arabic, Soninke, and Mandinka Ajami glosses. The other documents include: copies of devotional poems by Sitokoto Dabo (the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet); a Mandinka Ajami poem written by El-hadji Ibrahima Kalilou Diebate (the father of the current owner) dealing with the value of education and moral virtues in society; and, a Mandinka Ajami document written with purple ink, dealing with the history of the foundation of the first mosque of Karantaba

Ka Kiilaa aniŋ Keebaalu la Siloolu Nooma: Emulating the Prophet and the Elders

The entire manuscript is available for download as a PDF file(s). Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Fallou Ngom (Pricipal Investigator; Director, African Studies Center), Ablaye Diakité (Local Project Manager), Mr. Ibrahima Yaffa (General Field Facilitator), and Ibrahima Ngom (photographer). Technical Team: Professor Fallou Ngom (Principal Investigator; Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University)), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). This collection of Mandinka Ajami materials is copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. This is a joint project between BU and the West African Research Center (WARC), funded by the British Library/Arcadia Endangered Archives Programme. Access Condition and Copyright: 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 fully cited using the information below. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, & Diakité, Ablaye. (2018). African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/27112. For Inquiries: please contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). For technical assistance, please contact [email protected] / Custodial history: The owner copied the first poem from the original and wrote the second one.Contains a collection of two small Mandinka Ajami poems. The first one is a poem that praises Prophet Muḥammad, celebrate his virtues, and enjoins people to follow his teachings. It was written by El-hadji Amadou Dabo, from Madina-Bakalar in The Gambia. The second poem was written by the owner, Kalilou Drame. The poem urges people to emulate the moral virtues of their local elders and follow God’s injunctions. The poems are studied and recited by students in the school of the manuscript owner

Dysfonction érectile : aspects épidémiologiques, diagnostiques et thérapeutiques au CHU Aristide Le Dantec, Sénégal

Contexte et objectif: La dysfonction érectile (DE) mais le devenir sous traitement est peu connu. Cette étude avait pour objectif de décrire les aspects épidémiologiques, diagnostiques et thérapeutiques des patients souffrant de DE au service d’urologie CHU Le Dantec. Méthodes: Etude documentaire descriptive monocentrique colligeant, les dossiers des patients âgés de plus de 18 ans et ayant une dysfonction  érectile entre le 1er janvier 2018 et le 31 décembre 2019. Les paramètres d’interet englobaient : les caractéristiques sociodémographiques, les  antécédents médicaux et /ou chirurgicaux, la gravité de la dysfonction érectile (DE) et l’évolution de la dysfonction érectile sous traitement. Résultats: Cent huit patients ont été recensés sur une période de 2 ans. L’âge moyen était de 45,8 ±14,3 ans. Les mariés étaient majoritaires (76,8  %). Plus de la moitié des patients (58,3 %) avaient un facteur de risque cardiovasculaire. La dysfonction érectile sévère était objectivée chez 64  patients (59,2 %). Près de la moitié des patients (47 %) avaient une fonction érectile normale après le traitement. Conclusion: La dysfonction érectile  est préponderante parmi les patients ayant un facteur de risque cardiovasculaire. Sous l’attitude thérapeutique appliquée, l’évolution de DE à été favorable chez au moins la moitié des patients.   English title: Erectile dysfunction: epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects at Aristide Le Dantec University Hospital, Senegal   Context and objective: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a common disease, but little is known about the outcome after the treatment. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of ED patients. Methods: Retrospective descriptive monocentric study collecting records of patients aged over 18 years with ED, between January 1, 2018 and  December 31, 2019, at the Urology Department of CHU Le Dantec, Senegal. The parameters studied were as follows: socio-demographic  characteristics, medical and/or surgical history, severity of ED and evolution of ED under treatment. Results: One hundred eight patients were enrolled over a 2-year period. Their mean age was 45.8 ± 14.3 years. Married patients were preponderant  (76.8 %). More than half of the patients (58.3 %) had a cardiovascular risk factor. Severe ED was diagnosed in 64 patients (59.2 %).  Almost half of the patients (47 %) had normal erectile function after treatment. Conclusion: ED was common in patients with cardiovascular risk  factor. The outcome was favorable in roughly half patients after the treatment