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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal Place France

1. EAP1042/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/6
Title:
Aladji Alpousseyni Drame Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains three small copies of Mandinka Ajami manuscripts. The first is a poem translated from Soninke to Mandinka Ajami; the second is a copy from the work of the renowned scholar, Kang Kalifa Diaby; and the last manuscript deals with the founding of the earliest mosques in the P...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
14 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/6/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/6/1
Title:
Poems, Mosques, and Imams of Pakao
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Suukuwoo, Jaamiŋoolu aniŋ Pakaawu Imaamoolu. The collection contains three small copies of Mandinka Ajami manuscripts. The first is a poem praising God that was originally written in Soninke and translated in Mandinka Ajami by the current owner in the 1960s, when he was pu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
14 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/35

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/35
Title:
Karamba Drame Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection includes personal notes and correspondences in Mandinka Ajami between family members and friends. Extent and format of original material: 1 file.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
32 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/35/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/35/1
Title:
Collection of Letters
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Leetaroolu. The collection contains several personal notes and correspondences written in Mandinka Ajami between family members and friends who were living in different parts of the world. One letter was written by a friend who was living in France and another one by a rel...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
32 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/38

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/38
Title:
Lamine Cisse (Ziguinchor) Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains a variety of manuscripts. Most are written in classical Arabic. Some have glosses in Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke. The manuscripts deal with both religious and non-religious subjects. Extent and format of original material: 19 files.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1155 TIFF images

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. EAP1042/53/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/53/8
Title:
List of Leaders and Letter from France in Mandinka Ajami
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Alifaalu Toolu aniŋ Leetaro muŋ Bota Faransi. Contains a collection of short texts written in Mandinka Ajami. The first set includes a list of religious leaders and Imams of Pakao. The last one is a letter written by the owner’s brother (Issa Barro) who had just arrived in...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

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