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Episode 108: Ajami in African History
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Fallou Ngom (African Languages Director, Boston U.) on his new book Muslims Beyond the Arab World: the Odyssey of Ajami and the Muridiyya. Focusing on Senegambia and Ahmadu Bamba, Ngom discusses Ajami literary texts — African languages in Arabic scripts — as sources for history. He also reflects on creating online Ajami collections, teaching and learning African languages in the U.S., and contributing scholarly expertise to asylum cases.
Note: Part of a podcast series in collaboration with the U.S. African Studies Association.
99 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on November 27, 2020 01:08 (). Last successful fetch was on February 20, 2020 12:16 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
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Manage episode 173665802 series 166525
Courtesy of Boston University Photography
Fallou Ngom (African Languages Director, Boston U.) on his new book Muslims Beyond the Arab World: the Odyssey of Ajami and the Muridiyya. Focusing on Senegambia and Ahmadu Bamba, Ngom discusses Ajami literary texts — African languages in Arabic scripts — as sources for history. He also reflects on creating online Ajami collections, teaching and learning African languages in the U.S., and contributing scholarly expertise to asylum cases.
Note: Part of a podcast series in collaboration with the U.S. African Studies Association.
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