In this interval (1895–1901), Fall kept sending money (in Wolof “Adiya”) to the Shaikh until his return in 1902.
the 8th century, it was centered in what is today Senegal and Mauritania, it was the first to benefit from the introduction of pack animals by Wolof traders.
In West African languages, this tree is called mbali or balibali in Bambara, and laïdur in Wolof.
The Wolof and Sereer languages are the most commonly heard languages, but many people in the town speak French as well.
Wolof people, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania
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Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania
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The tree is named sindia in the Wolof language, and sinjan in Bambara language, which literally means "long breast," a reference to the shape of the seed pods.
Chopteeth vocalists sing in eight different languages including English, Nigerian Pidgin, Swahili, Wolof, Mande, Twi, Taita, and French.
Couleurs et parfums is a 1999 album by Carole Fredericks, an American born singer most noted for her work in France, featuring a cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" entitled "KAAI DJALLEMA" sung in Wolof and English.
Arabic (official), French (widely used in media and among educated classes), Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof, Serer.
Gorgui means "the old one" (might have been named after either his maternal or paternal grand father) in his native language Wolof.
He directed and produced the 2007 Wolof Wresting episode of the series Last Man Standing.
The original frontmen of the band were the Casamance singers Balla Sidibe and Rudy Gomis who came from the melting pot of Casamance musical styles, and most famously Laye Mboup (killed in a 1974 car accident) who provided vocals in the Wolof griot style.
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Unlike other Senegalese bands, they combined the Casamance harmonies and drumming from southern Senegal with melodies from Togo and Morocco to the Wolof tradition from northern Senegal.
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Organized in 1970, as a multi-ethnic, multi-national club band, Orchestre Baobab adapted the then current craze for Cuban Music (growing out of the Congolese Soukous style) in West Africa to Wolof Griot culture and the Mandinga musical traditions of the Casamance.
In and around Senegal, tea is prepared and presented in an elaborate process known by the Wolof word, attaya or ataaya.
Abdul Kader defeated the emirates of Trarza and Brakna to the north, but was defeated and captured when he attacked the Wolof states of Cayor and Waalo.
In the Gambia, about 20-25 percent of the population speak Wolof as a first language, but Wolof has a disproportionate influence because of its prevalence in Banjul, the Gambian capital, where 75 percent of the population use it as a first language.
The Islam of the Wolof is very tolerant and puts an emphasis on meditation and spirituality.