Mouhamadou Lamine Diallo

Mouhamadou Lamine Diallo is a native speaker of Pular (Fuuta Jalon Fula) and Wolof, with  extensive experience teaching both languages at Harvard University, Suffolk University, and Boston  University. He has also contributed his expertise as a Wolof language consultant for linguistic field  method courses at MIT and Boston University’s Linguistics Program. Currently, he serves as a Wolof  language lecturer (Ajami & Roman Script) at the African Studies Center at Boston University, where  he stands as the only Wolof instructor in North America trained to teach Wolof in both Latin and  Ajami scripts. 

Diallo is in the final stages of completing Njàngum Wolofal, a Wolof Ajami workbook for  intermediate and advanced students, supported by the BU African Studies Center’s Title VI  program. His work also extends into digital humanities research, having led the digital preservation  of over 1,000 pages of Fuuta Jalon Ajami texts, now hosted at the African Ajami Library at Boston  University. 

Currently, Diallo is collaborating with Professor Fallou Ngom on Project EAP 1430: Digital  Preservation of Fuuta Jalon Scholars’ Arabic and Ajami Materials in Senegal and Guinea, funded by  the British Library. As Consultant and Project General Coordinator, he leads fieldwork trips to Fula  communities in Senegal and Guinea, coordinates field activities, and conducts interviews with  manuscript owners to gather metadata. His multilingual skills in Ajami, Arabic, French, and English,  alongside his deep cultural and linguistic knowledge, make him a key figure in preserving West  African written traditions.