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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Mandinka

81. EAP1042/26/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/4
Title:
A Poem by Sitookoto Dabo (Arfang Bajinka
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sitookoto Daabo la Suukuwo. The document is a copy of a Mandinka Ajami poem written by the famous Mandinka poet, Aboubacar Dabo, who is popularly known as Sitookoto Dabo. The poem deals with Islamic inheritance rules, explains the notion of inheritance (Mandinka: Keetaala)...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

82. EAP1042/26/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/5
Title:
A Poem by Sitookoto Dabo (Yaa Allah, Yaa Rahman, Yaa Rahim)
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sitookoto Daabo la Suukuwo. The manuscript is a copy of the original written in Mandinka Ajami by Sitookoto Dabo, one of the most famous Mandinka Ajami poets of Senegambia. The poem combines praises of God for His protection and mercy with prayers for peace, health, long l...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

83. EAP1042/26/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/6
Title:
Kukoi's Failed Coup
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kuukoy la Maasibo. The manuscript is a copy of the original Mandinka Ajami poem written by El-hadji Seckou Toure from Jarra in The Gambia. The poem deals with the dangerous atmosphere that prevailed in The Gambia during Kukoi Samba Sanyang's failed coup attempt in 1981. As...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

84. EAP1042/26/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/7
Title:
Arabic Grammar Lessons by Kang Kalifa Diaby
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kaŋ Kalifa Jaabi la Araabukaŋ Kuloolu Karandiro. The document is a copy from the original written by the famous Mandinka scholar and teacher, Kang Kalifa Diaby. The document is designed to teach Arabic grammar to Mandinka learners. The document is bilingual. Mandinka Ajami...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

85. EAP1042/26/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/8
Title:
The Book Began
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kitaaboo Foloota. The manuscript is a Mandinka Ajami poem titled Kitaaboo Foloota (English: The Book Began), which alludes to the beginning of the Quran. The poem praises God and Prophet Muḥammad and teaches tawḥid (English: oneness of God). The poem is very popular among ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

86. EAP1042/26/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/9
Title:
Teaching Islamic Creed
Scope & Content:
Title in original script: عقيدة . Transliterated title: Aqīda. The manuscript is a copy from the original Arabic document with glosses in Mandinka Ajami made by Ablaye Bayo in 1983. The document is for students at the elementary level in the Mandinka Islamic curriculum. Custodial history: The...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
21 TIFF images

87. EAP1042/26/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/10
Title:
Oneness of God
Scope & Content:
Title in original script: توحيد‎ . Transliterated title: Tawḥid. The manuscript is a copy of the Arabic original. It deals with the unique attributes of God. It contains new added glosses in Mandinka Ajami, as the blue ink made by a modern pen indicates. Custodial history: The owner copied it...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
22 TIFF images

88. EAP1042/26/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/11
Title:
Book of Knowledge
Scope & Content:
Title in original script: كتاب العلم . Transliterated title: Kitāb al-'Ilm. The manuscript is a copy from an Arabic original with recent glosses in Mandinka Ajami, which was made thirty two years ago. It discusses the importance of knowledge. It highlights how the benefits dwarf the difficulti...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

89. EAP1042/26/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/12
Title:
Rituals and ʻĪd al-ʾaḍḥā Sermon
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Lasili Kitaabo aniŋ Banna Sali Kutubo. Contains a collection of three small manuscripts, including a three-page religious poem with glosses in Mandinka Ajami, a three-page document dealing with Islamic rituals with glosses in Mandinka Ajami, and an Imam's sermon on 'īd al-...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
22 TIFF images

90. EAP1042/26/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/13
Title:
ʻĪd al-Fiṭr Sermon
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sunkari Sali Kutubo. The manuscript is a copy from the Arabic original with comments in Mandinka Ajami. It is a sermon delivered by an Imam on the day of ʻĪd al-Fiṭr celebrated at the end of the holy month of Ramadan. It reminds the faithful of the importance of Ramadan in...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
20 TIFF images