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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Place Dakar, Senegal

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. EAP1042/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/1/3
Title:
Solutions to Problems
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Koleyaalu Jaararaŋo. This collection contains five different texts. The first one consists of prayers designed to help people achieve social mobility. This text is a manual of special prayers and techniques for finding solutions to people's social problems, including love....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
64 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/11
Title:
Ansou Daffe Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of seven sets of manuscripts. Extent and format of original material: 7 files.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
909 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/11/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/11/6
Title:
Letters in Mandinka
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mandinkakaŋ Leetaroolu. The collection contains short notes and letters written by family members in Mandinka Ajami. The first letter is sent from Guinea Bissau by Sire Mbaa Daffe, who is the aunt of the owner to greet him and to request that her children be kept together ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
7 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/26

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26
Title:
Ibrahima Bayo Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains over 14 manuscripts of different lengths. They include Mandinka Ajami manuscripts and bilingual texts written in Arabic with Mandinka Ajami glosses. The themes are as varied as the manuscripts. The materials include astrology and divination techniques, poems of renowned M...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
329 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/26/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/1
Title:
Divination I
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Ramuloo I. The manuscript is a copy from the original document written in Mandinka Ajami by Makili Bayo Bilama. It was a gift given in 1980 to Al-hadji Aboubacar Seydi who was living in Dakar. The manuscript deals with divination techniques (including astrological signs) u...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
150 TIFF images

7. 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

8. 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

9. EAP1055/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1055/1
Title:
Justice Coloniale Française au Bénin
Scope & Content:
First section of court records of colonial Dahomey (1884-1965), Republic of Benin. Custodial history: During most of colonial rule (end of 19th century-1960), these archives were kept by the ministry of justice. From 1953 to 1972, they were displaced more than 6 times along with other French co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1884-1965
Extent:
71218 TIFF images

10. EAP1055/1/26

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1055/1/26
Title:
Section of court records of colonial Dahomey
Scope & Content:
This series contains the following 7 files: EAP1055/1/26/1: Tribunal de cercle, plainte: correspondance; PV [1918-1953] EAP1055/1/26/2: Tribunal de police correctionnelle, enquête sur un homicide involontaire: PV [1913] EAP1055/1/26/3: L’office public près le tribunal colonial d’appel, examen de...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1902-1953
Extent:
1210 TIFF images