usually "naso" is described in English as "Koranic inkwashes."
Trimingham writes rather extensively about this in "Islam in West Africa."
Also Schaeffer's ethnography of the Mandika (Mandinko: The Ethnography of
a West African Holy Land). But now we need a Gambian
perspective...Bassss, are you out there? :) Best, Ylva
On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Malanding S. Jaiteh wrote:
> Folks,
> I am very curious about the origins of two culturally important items in the Senegambia region. These are "NASO" and "SAFO" both Mandingka words. Safo being JUJU (English?) TE-RE (Wollof) and NASO is Saafara (Wollof). I do not know the English word for "naso". Are these items some form of Africanization of Islamic rituals or Islamization of the African culture?
>
> Malanding Jaiteh
>
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