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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Mandinka Subject Biography

1. EAP1042/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/14
Title:
Arfang Karamo Sylla Manuscript Collection.
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a biography of the Mandinka scholar called Fode Koule Sylla. Extent and format of original material: 1 file.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/14/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/14/1
Title:
Biography of the Great Scholar
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Moor Baa la Taariixoo. The manuscript is a biography of the Mandinka scholar called Fode Koule Sylla (1752-1843), also known as Sylla Baa (Mandinka: The Great Sylla). This manuscript is based on the Arabic original that Fode Koule Sylla wrote. It was translated in Mandinka...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/23

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/23
Title:
El-hadji Kemo Drame Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection includes several manuscripts. The majority of them are written in Mandinka Ajami. These include: a biography of Fode Herba Drame, who founded the famous Mandinka learning center of Sunna-Karantaba; the list of Imams of Mankonomba; a list of important Mandinka riddles and their ans...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
173 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/23/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/23/1
Title:
The Origin of Herba Drame (The Founder of Sunna-Karantaba)
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Heerebaa Darame la Asloo. The manuscript is a copy of the original, written in Mandinka Ajami. Fode Aladji Drame, the current owner, copied it in 1977. It is a biography of his great grandfather, Fode Herba Drame (1680-1775), who founded the town of Sunna-Karantaba, which ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/54

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/54
Title:
Seckou Dabo Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains a variety of small manuscripts written in Arabic and Mandinka Ajami, dealing with religious and non-religious subjects, including the history of Pakao and its founding leaders. Extent and format of original material: 2 files.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
59 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/54/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/54/1
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts I
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu I. Contains a collection of six small documents written in Arabic and Mandinka Ajami. Included is a biography of Prophet Muḥammad and devotional poems that trace and celebrate his origin and achievements. The other documents, which are mostly written in...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

7. EAP1042/58

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/58
Title:
Youssouph Demba Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of four manuscripts. The first two Ajami manuscripts deal with divination techniques, which are very popular among Mandinka scholars. The third is a famous Mandinka Ajami poem, and the fourth is a typed Arabic document dealing with the biography of a prominent Mandinka re...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
139 TIFF images