Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Container Reference (shelfmark): EAP1042/4 / Place: Guinea-Bissau, Africa - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) EAP1042/4 Place Guinea-Bissau, Africa

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1042/4/2
Title:: Recipes for Fortune, Prayers, Incantations, and Divination Records
Scope & Content:: Transliterated title: Naafulu Soto, Duwaaraŋo, Saalaaloolu, aniŋ Juubeeraŋo. This collection encompasses several genres of texts including: prayers in Arabic; recipes for happiness and wealth; esoteric diagrams with Arabic text inside of them, and explanations of their purpose along with instruct...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 97 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1042/4/3
Title:: Address Book in Mandinka Ajami
Scope & Content:: Transliterated title: Taamanseelu Kitaaboo. The manuscript is an address book. It contains people’s names and their phone numbers. Some of the people mentioned are from Guinea Bissau. The phone numbers are generally spelled out in Mandinka Ajami. However, in some cases it is the French reading ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 13 TIFF images

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