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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1042/30 Subject Education

1. EAP1042/30

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/30
Title:
Cheikh Ibrahima Solly manuscripts collection
Scope & Content:
The collection includes a popular divination manual and a poem by the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet called Sitokoto Dabo. Extent and format of original material: 2 files.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
158 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/30/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/30/1
Title:
Divination
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Ramuloo. The manuscript is a recent copy of a 19th-century divination manual written in Mandinka Ajami. Divination is popular in Muslim Africa. It is known in Senegambian Mandinka communities as Ramuloo (from Arabic: Khatt al-Raml). Muslim religious leaders regularly offer...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
142 TIFF images

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