UCLA receives frequent enquiries about how to obtain materials for learning the Wolof language. On this page, we will post information of this type. If you can supply information on material which can be purchased or otherwise distributed to interested individuals and you would like it posted here, please e-mail Russell G. Schuh at schuh@humnet.ucla.edu.
The following Wolof materials are available from UCLA:
Wolof-English-Wolof Dictionary
Pamela Munro and
Dieynaba Gaye, Ay Baati Wolof-A Wolof Dictionary,
(revised edition). UCLA Occasional Papers in Linguistics,
Number 19. Los Angeles: UCLA Department of Linguistics, 1997.
price $15.00
+
US domestic postage $3.00
foreign postage $15.00
For further information, contact
Lisa Harrington
Department of Linguistics
UCLA
Box 951543
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543
(310) 825-0634
Computerized Wolof exercises
I regret that as of 2008, I will no long be making these exercises available. They cannot be used on Mac OS X. Prior to OS 10.4, Macintosh computers could run under "Classic" mode, which was OS 9.3 and which could run the HyperCard application that these exercises were written in. Apple Computer no longer supports OS 9 and earlier. I'm afraid that it is time to say, "Good-bye!" to this technology, which I spent untold hours working on, and look to the future.
Ayca! We are now working on a new set of materials for elementary and early intermediate Wolof instruction based on a series of videos. These should be ready in a usable form, downloadable at no cost, by the end of Summer 2008. Keep your eyes on this site!
A set of multi-media (sound, text, graphics) interactive exercises comprising basic Wolof structures. These exercises were developed in the early 1990's on now outdated technology, but they will still work on older Macintosh computers or new Macintosh computers running in "Classic" mode. The exercises will not run in any version of Windows and cannot be converted to do so. The exercises require the following:
A CD constaining these execises as well as the now out-of-date HyperCard application is available free of charge. Write to
Russell G. Schuh
Department of Linguistics
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543
For queries, send e-mail to schuh@humnet.ucla.edu
Ayca ci Wolof Wolof course
The University of Illinois published a Wolof course book called Ayca ci Wolof ("Let's Go in Wolof") with tapes. I do not whether this course and the tapes are still available. Check with either UI African Studies or UI Linguistics for information.
http://kingbird.las.uiuc.edu/las/academic.html