SCOPA Talk Ajami Sources of Knowledge: The Case of the Muridiyya Tradition

Event time: 
Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 12:30pm
Location: 
Bass Library L01 See map
110 Wall Street
Event description: 

All are invited to join us for a talk on Ajami Sources of Knowledge: The Case of the Muridiyya Tradition by Fallou Ngom, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the African Language Program at Boston University.

Muridiyya is an African Islamic tradition dating to 1883, founded by Cheikh Amadou Bamba, and is widespread in Senegal and the Gambia. Ngom’s research interests include the interactions between African languages and non-African languages, the adaptations of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa, and Ajami literatures—records of African languages written in Arabic script. 
The talk is sponsored by Yale University Library’s SCOPA committee, the Yale African Students Association, and the Yale Muslim Students Association.