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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) EAP1042/38 Place France

1. EAP1042/38/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/38/7
Title:
The Town of Ziguinchor
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sikicoor Saatee. The manuscript is a poem of farewell written on behalf of the men who were drafted for WWII and about to be shipped to Europe to free France from German occupation. According to the owner, the poem was read in public just before the men were shipped from t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/38/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/38/12
Title:
A 19th-Century Wolof Scholar
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Khaly Madiakhate Kala. The manuscript is an Arabic poem dealing with important historical events and figures in the 19th century in Senegambia. It tells the story of Khaly Madiakhate Kala who was one of the leading Wolof scholars, and his relationship with Lat Dior Ngone L...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
6 TIFF images

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