r/Senegal • u/GrilCovin_42 • 1d ago

Ajami/arabic text in Dakar

I will maybe go to Dakar next year, I am studying Arabic and am very interested in pre colonial litterature, I am also very interested in scripts and languages in general

I would like to know if there are any libraries in Dakar that have books in Arabic (any subject) and books in ajami/wolofa (Wolof written in the arabic script)

thank you

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u/Repulsive_Poem_1406 1d ago

Unclear if these are sold, they usually are private collections of families. Do you know about Fallou Ngom from Boston University

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u/GrilCovin_42 1d ago

no I didn't know about this person, this is beyond helpful thank you very much