Puukare
By: Ceerno Séydu Sàll
Contributors: African Language Materials Archive (Project); American Overseas Digital Library
Edition: Electronic edition.
Publisher: African Language Materials Archive
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Dakar, Senegal
Language: wol
Subjects: Wolof poetry
Description: In 'the vain', the behavior of a vain or conceited person toward society is stressed. The poems point at people whose actions are motivated only by their personal interests and by vanity. How are others going to view my actions and words? What are the consequences of the latter on my overall image? These are the only concerns of the vain. This miscellany of poems is designed to put the reader into the daily universe of this fool with regard to the given context and invites them to be more watchful.

Le comportement d'un vaniteux par rapport à la société est mis en exergue dans ce document. Les poèmes designent du doigt ces personnes qui agissent uniquement dans le cadre de leurs intérêts et de manière ostentatoire. Comment les gens vont interpréter mes gestes, mes paroles et actes et quelles seront les conséquences de cela sur ma popularité, sont les seules préoccupations du vaniteux. Cet ensemble de poèmes tente de positionner les lecteurs dans le vécu quotidien de ce farfelu.

Puukare: Ceerno Sáydu Sàll mi ngi xamal ci téere bii nga xamne ay taalif ñoo ko ëmb, naka la puukare mel ak ci yann fann lay yënggatoo ngiir wanee boppam, moodi kan, lan ak lan la mënn ak ci yan anam. Téere bii day tasaare noonu puukare mel téey yée doomu aadama yi ngir ñu mooytu ko.
Notes: In Wolof.

Prepared as part of the ALMA Project (African Language Materials Archive Project) of WARC (West African Research Center), sponsored by Unesco and hosted on the WEB as part of AODL (American Overseas Digital Library), sponsored by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers and the American Institute of Yemeni Studies.

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Electronic version of: Sall, Thierno Seydou. Puukare / Ceerno Séydu Sàll. Senegal : Pénc, [199-?]. 45 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

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