Episode 108:
Africa Past & Present » Afripod - Podcast autorstwa Africa Past and Present
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.
