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See also:WOLOF (WoLOFF, JOLOF) , a See also:Negroid See also:people of See also:Senegal, See also:French See also:West See also:Africa. They occupy the seaboard between St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis and Cape Verde and the See also:south See also:bank of the Senegal from its mouth to Dagana. Farther inland the districts of the Walo, Cayor Baol and Jolof (the last, the name of a See also:chief See also:division of the nation, being sometimes used as the See also:national name) are almost exclusively peopled by Wolof. The cities of St Louis and See also:Dakar are both in the Wolof See also:country, and throughout the French Sudanno military station is without a Wolof See also:colony, preserving national speech and usages. The name is variously explained as meaning " See also:speaker " or " See also:black." The Wolof justify both meanings, for they are at once far the blackest and among the most garrulous of all See also:African peoples. They are a very tall See also:race, with splendidly proportioned busts but weak and undeveloped legs and See also:flat feet.
The Wolof See also:language is spoken throughout See also:Senegambia, and numerous grammars, dictionaries and vocabularies have appeared since 1825. There is, however, no written literature. The Wolof preserve their national songs, legends and See also:proverbs by memory, but have little knowledge of letters beyond the Arabic characters on their See also:paper spells and amulets. ' Wolof, a typical agglutinating language, differs from all other African forms of speech. The roots, almost all monosyllables ending in consonants, are determined by means of suffixes, and coalesce while remaining invariable in their various meanings. By these suffixes the meaning of the words is endlessly modified.
Most Wolof are nominally Mahommedans, and some near the See also:Christian See also:missions profess See also:Christianity, but many See also:pagan See also:rites are still observed. See also:Animal See also:worship is prevalent. The See also:capture of a See also:shark is hailed with delight, and See also:family genii have offerings made to them, the most popular of these See also:household deities, the See also:lizard, having in many houses a bowl of See also:milk set aside for it daily. The Wolof have three hereditary castes, the nobles, the tradesmen and musicians (who are despised), and the slaves. These latter are kindly treated. Polygyny is customary.
The old See also:kingdom of Cayor, the largest of Wolof states, has been preserved by the French. The See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king is elected, but always from the ruling family, and the See also:electors, themselves unable to succeed, only number four. When elected the king receives a See also:- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
vase said to contain the seeds of all See also:plants growing in Cayor, and he is thus made See also:lord of the See also:land. In earlier days there was the See also:Bur or " See also:Great Wolof," to whom all See also:petty chiefs owed See also:allegiance. The Wolof are very loyal to the French, and have constantly proved themselves courageous soldiers.
End of Article: WOLOF (WoLOFF, JOLOF)
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