Baye Cherif Ndiaye Collection

The collection consists of digital copies of Wolofal (Wolof Ajami) materials copied as part of the EAP 334 project. The materials have been digitized from a photocopy of the Wolofal translation of the Arabic biography of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba entitled "Minanul Baaxil Xadiim" written by Serigne Bassirou Mbacke. Throughout the biography, the classical Arabic texts of the original work is generally given followed by translations and commentaries in Wolof.

Physical characteristics of original material: Images in this collection were captured using digital photography. All pages are readable. Due to the quality of the photocopy some pages may be hard to read.

2 sets of unbound paper manuscripts of 1624 pages. The original source in Arabic was completed around 1927 and the Wolofal versions were made between 1966 and 1993. Script of material: Wolof Ajami (Wolofal) and Classical Arabic.