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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Soninke Subject Customs and traditions

1. EAP1042/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/1
Title:
Abdou Khadre Cisse Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of three sets of manuscripts. The first is a poem that celebrates Prophet Muḥammad’s virtues and retraces his life and the history of his family. The poem is written in Arabic with interlinear and marginal glosses. A few glosses are vocalized and are written in Soninke Aj...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
502 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/4
Title:
Abdou Karim Thiam Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of six sets of manuscripts. The first is a poem recounting the feats of Muḥammad and celebrates his role in the expansion of Islam. The poem is written in Arabic with interlinear and marginal glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami. The second manuscript consists of prayers i...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
490 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. EAP1042/9/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/9/1
Title:
The Quran with Glosses
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Alkuraan Fasaroo. An old copy of the Quran, which has numerous glosses in Arabic and Soninke. It was written during the time when Soninke was the language of many Islamic scholars and educators in Casamance. Mandinka scholars, who were students of the Soninke, later develo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
389 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/9/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/9/6
Title:
Diante’s Bilingual Collection III
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Jante la Kandoolu Kitaaboolu III. Contains a collection of various manuscripts, written by different hands on a variety of papers. The texts include prose and poetry. They are written in classical Arabic and include extensive Arabic and Soninke Ajami glosses. The themes di...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
53 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/25

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/25
Title:
Ibrahima Badio Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains manuscripts in prose and poetry written in Arabic with glosses in Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke. The themes discussed in the documents include the virtues of Prophet Muḥammad, various prayers, and Islamic rituals and traditions. Extent and format of original material: 2 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1082 TIFF images

7. EAP1042/25/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/25/2
Title:
Prayers for Prosperity
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Naafulu Soto Duwaa. The manuscript is a prayer for prosperity, good luck, and good health used among Mandinka Qadīriyya Sufi disciples of Casamance, who follow the tradition of Mukhtār al-Kuntī. It is written in classical Arabic with a few glosses in Mandinka and Soninke A...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
104 TIFF images

8. EAP1042/53

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53
Title:
Seckou Barro Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains: classical Arabic poems (including copies of pre-Islamic Arabic poetry) with commentaries and glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajami; Mandinka Ajami poetry; Islamic jurisprudence texts dealing with various subjects (including marriage law); Quranic exegesis; and, texts on th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1507 TIFF images