My name is Malick Niane and I am a Div 3 at Hampshire College. In this podcast, I will be reading excerpts from my Division 3 senior thesis in English along with a summary in Wolof. In this project, I explore various aspects of language among Senegalese, in Dakar and in the United States. During the summer of 2019 I studied abroad in Senegal for five weeks with the Dakar Institute of African Studies. The majority of my data comes from semistructured interviews with seven Senegalese participants based in Dakar and the United States, along with methods of participant observation, observing participants and auto-ethnography. I ask questions that investigate how French, the official language and Wolof, the most commonly spoken local language in the country are used and perceived. I include myself in this work with the hopes of engaging my own memories, writing reflexively and addressing my assumptions as a researcher. 
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Xamngen sama wolof leeroul ba tay bon baal ma.
Man may Malick Niane, sama universitie moy Hampshire College ci Amerik. Si podcast bi damy leer excerpts ci sama thèse senior pur universitie ci Anglaias ak apres naa def benne sommaire ci sunu lakk, Wolof. Sama research mungi ci Senegalais yi ak nuñuy lakke, ci Dakar ak Amerik. Ci été bi passe nyawonaa ci Senegal pur cenq semaine pur jang ak DIAS [Institut d’Etudes Africaines de Dakar]. Mangi jille la majorite de sama research ci ay intreview ak juroom nyar participants Senegalais yu nekk Dakar ak Amerik, defnaa aussi observation des participants, observer les participants ak auto-ethnographie. Damawon lajj questions pur xam naka lanuy utilize, nuñuy ko gisse ak lunu xalaat ci lakku Francais, la langue official ak Wolof, la langue national. Man aussi mangi ci research bi psk buggwonaa bind par réflexe, bolle samay souvenirs ak samay suppositions comme chercheur.