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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Place Mbacke, Senegal Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. EAP1245/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1
Title:
Mountaga Ba
Scope & Content:
Mountaga Ba is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and collected from the town of Pate Galo (northern Senegal). Ba’s family holding includes 56 small unbound book manuscripts and paper stacks. The material was mainly authored by the custodian’s father, Muhammad al-Ghāli...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Pulaar
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
2042 TIFF images

2. EAP1245/1/36

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/36
Title:
التاريح إهمادو بامبا
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a biography detailing the life of Senegalese Sufi Ahmdu Bamba Mbacke. Ahmadou Bamba was a charismatic Sufi saint who founded the Muslim Brotherhood called Muridiyya. The manuscript is one of a series of biographies that the author has written about Islamic leaders in West Afri...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1970s
Extent:
20 TIFF images