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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Mandinka Place Senegambia, Africa

1. EAP1042/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/6
Title:
Aladji Alpousseyni Drame Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains three small copies of Mandinka Ajami manuscripts. The first is a poem translated from Soninke to Mandinka Ajami; the second is a copy from the work of the renowned scholar, Kang Kalifa Diaby; and the last manuscript deals with the founding of the earliest mosques in the P...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
14 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/6/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/6/1
Title:
Poems, Mosques, and Imams of Pakao
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Suukuwoo, Jaamiŋoolu aniŋ Pakaawu Imaamoolu. The collection contains three small copies of Mandinka Ajami manuscripts. The first is a poem praising God that was originally written in Soninke and translated in Mandinka Ajami by the current owner in the 1960s, when he was pu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
14 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/9
Title:
Alphousseyni Diante Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
Diante's collection is rich with endangered bilingual manuscripts written in prose and poetry. The manuscripts deal with a variety of subjects. They are written in classical Arabic with glosses in Soninke and Mandinka Ajami. Extent and format of original material: 11 files. Additional language...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Fulah, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1025 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/12
Title:
Arfang Seyni Cisse Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains several manuscripts. These include a Mandinka Ajami poem by one of the most famous Mandinka Ajami poets (Arfang Sitokoto Dabo), an Arabic panegyric poem celebrating the life and work of Prophet Muhammad, and a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami text dealing with treatments f...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
117 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/12/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/12/1
Title:
Mandinka Ajami Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Suukuwo. The manuscript is a copy of the original written in Mandinka Ajami by Arfang Boubacar Dabo, also known as Arfang Sitookoto Dabo. Sitookoto Dabo is the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet in Senegambia. His poems are widely known and chanted in Mandinka communities in ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/16
Title:
Babanding Fofana Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of one poem in which the author praises God and asks for protection, health, long life, and success. Extent and format of original material: 1 file.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

7. EAP1042/16/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/16/1
Title:
Praising The Lord
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mansoo Tentu. This manuscript is a copy of the original Mandinka Ajami song written by the great Mandinka poet, Sitookoto Dabo. Sitookota is one of the most famous Mandinka religious scholars and poets of Senegambia. He authored numerous poems in Mandinka Ajami that are st...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

8. EAP1042/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/21
Title:
El-hadji Lamine Bayo Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains manuscripts dealing with different religious and non-religious topics. Some are short and others are long. The issues discussesd in the documents include divination, special prayers and techniques to address specific problems, and panegyric poems praising Prophet Muḥammad...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, French, Fulah, Mandinka, and Wolof
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1026 TIFF images

9. EAP1042/21/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/21/4
Title:
Resolving Problems
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Jumaloo. Contains a collection of several small manuscripts with recipes and remedies to address people’s problems. The social preoccupations that the manuscripts seek to address include: infertility among women, how a man can make himself attractive to a woman he loves, s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Wolof
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
36 TIFF images

10. EAP1042/22

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/22
Title:
El-hadji Keba Toure Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains four small manuscripts dealing with different topics. Extent and format of original material: 1 file.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
11 TIFF images