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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Mandinka Subject Migration

1. EAP1042/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/7
Title:
Aliou Ndiaye Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of two documents. The first document is an Arabic poem celebrating prominent Mandinka religious scholars of the region of Bijini in Guinea Bissau. The second is a poem and prayer in Mandinka Ajami. Extent and format of original material: 1 file. Additional script infor...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/7/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/7/1
Title:
Tribute to Bijini Scholars and Prayers
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Bijini Alfaalu Kidimando aniŋ Duwaalu. There two small manuscripts in this collection. The first is an Arabic poem copied from the original by El-hadji Kemo Ndiaye. The poem celebrates famous Mandinka scholars of Bijini in Guinea Bissau, especially those from the Ndiaye fa...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

3. 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

4. EAP1042/21/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/21/8
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts II
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu II. Contains a rich collection of bilingual ephemeral texts in Arabic and Mandinka Ajami. The documents deal with prayers and techniques used to address people's preoccupations, including immigration to Europe, increasing one's knowledge, love and heath...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
98 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/40

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/40
Title:
Lamine Diabang Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains a Mandinka Ajami manuscript, which deals with the history of the Mandinka communities of Kaabu in Guinea Bissau and those in the Kombo region of The Gambia. Extent and format of original material: 1 file. Additional script information: Mandinka Ajami.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
65 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/40/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/40/1
Title:
Kombo and Kaabu History
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kombo Niŋ Kaabu Tariikoo. The manuscript provides the origin of the different Mandinka family names and the migrations of the Mandinka people of Kaabu in Guinea Bissau to southwestern Gambia, which resulted in the Kombo Mandinka communities. The document also deals with in...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
65 TIFF images