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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) EAP1042/30 Language Mandinka

1. EAP1042/30/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/30/1
Title:
Divination
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Ramuloo. The manuscript is a recent copy of a 19th-century divination manual written in Mandinka Ajami. Divination is popular in Muslim Africa. It is known in Senegambian Mandinka communities as Ramuloo (from Arabic: Khatt al-Raml). Muslim religious leaders regularly offer...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
142 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/30/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/30/2
Title:
My God, Don't Leave us by Ourselves (a poem by Sitookoto Dabo)
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Yaa Rabbi Kanaŋ Tuŋ n-Faŋ Bulu. The manuscript is a copy of a devotional Mandinka Ajami poem authored by Arfang Sitkoto Dabo, also known as Ababacar Dabo, the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet of Senegambia. Custodial history: The owner copied it from his colleague Mamadou ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

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