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391. EAP1042/12/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/12/1
Title:
Mandinka Ajami Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Suukuwo. The manuscript is a copy of the original written in Mandinka Ajami by Arfang Boubacar Dabo, also known as Arfang Sitookoto Dabo. Sitookoto Dabo is the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet in Senegambia. His poems are widely known and chanted in Mandinka communities in ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

392. EAP1042/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/16
Title:
Babanding Fofana Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of one poem in which the author praises God and asks for protection, health, long life, and success. Extent and format of original material: 1 file.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

393. EAP1042/16/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/16/1
Title:
Praising The Lord
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mansoo Tentu. This manuscript is a copy of the original Mandinka Ajami song written by the great Mandinka poet, Sitookoto Dabo. Sitookota is one of the most famous Mandinka religious scholars and poets of Senegambia. He authored numerous poems in Mandinka Ajami that are st...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

394. EAP1042/23

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/23
Title:
El-hadji Kemo Drame Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection includes several manuscripts. The majority of them are written in Mandinka Ajami. These include: a biography of Fode Herba Drame, who founded the famous Mandinka learning center of Sunna-Karantaba; the list of Imams of Mankonomba; a list of important Mandinka riddles and their ans...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
173 TIFF images

395. EAP1042/23/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/23/1
Title:
The Origin of Herba Drame (The Founder of Sunna-Karantaba)
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Heerebaa Darame la Asloo. The manuscript is a copy of the original, written in Mandinka Ajami. Fode Aladji Drame, the current owner, copied it in 1977. It is a biography of his great grandfather, Fode Herba Drame (1680-1775), who founded the town of Sunna-Karantaba, which ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

396. EAP1042/29

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/29
Title:
Ibrahima Kalilou Sagna Manuscript Ccollection
Scope & Content:
A bilingual collection, which contains several manuscripts. This collection includes: recent copies of poems by Arfang Sitokoto Dabo; personal letters; an old panegyric poem with glosses in Arabic and Soninke Ajam; and, two parts of the Tafsīr al-Jalālayn with commentaries and glosses in Arabic ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
2143 TIFF images

397. EAP1042/29/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/29/1
Title:
Mandinka Ajami Poems by Sitookoto Dabo
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sitookoto Daabo la Suukuwoolu. Contains a collection of several recent copies of poems by Arfang Sitookoto Dabo (1857-1971), the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet of Senegambia. The poems reflect Dabo’s curriculum vita (his initial Islamic education and subsequent pursuit of...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

398. EAP1042/37

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/37
Title:
Kemo Tahirou Cisse Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains three devotional poems written in Mandinka Ajami. Extent and format of original material: 1 file.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
2000-2017
Extent:
33 TIFF images

399. EAP1042/37/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/37/1
Title:
Mandinka Ajami Devotional Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mandinkakaŋ Suukuwo. Contains a collection of three Mandinka Ajami poems. The first poem enjoins Mandinka people to strive to be exemplary Muslims, who follow the teachings of Islam. According to the owner, the poem is used when praying for the deceased loved ones in the c...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
2000-2017
Extent:
33 TIFF images

400. 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

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