Senegal: Language and Diversity

Resources

Film

Mandabi, Ousmane Sembène, 1968 (French & Wolof.) Receiving a money order from a relative in Paris throws lives of a Senegalese man, his family & neighbors into turmoil.  Other Sembene films- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783733/

Novel

God's Bits of Wood, Ousmane Sembène. Heinemann (1995), 248p - ISBN 0435909592.   Story of the 1947 Dakar-Bamako railway workers strike.

Music

Any albums by Youssou N'Dour, Baaba Maal, Orchestra Baobab, Daara J, or Matador; also Rough Guide to the Music of Senegal & Gambia, various artists, 2000.

Readings

Language Policy doc. excerpts: Leopold Senghor on Language; Mamadou Ndoye on Language Policy; Susan Romaine on Policies on Endangered Languages.

Teaching unit word chart: 50 common words in English, French, Wolof, Pulaar, Serer, and Mandinka

PowerPoint

2010 Senegal Artifacts Box
Language-Senegal