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Language Mandinka Place Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia Level [40] File

1. EAP1042/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/3/1
Title:
Collection of Mandinka Ajami Poems
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mandinkakaŋ Suukuwoolu. Contains a collection of several short poems. One poem discusses the rituals to perform when settling in a new place or house and also gives tribute to a deceased friend. In another poem, Seydi Souane (the father of the owner of the documents) expre...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
13 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/10/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/10/2
Title:
Collection of Mandinka Ajami Texts
Scope & Content:
Contains a collection of documents dealing with peace in Casamance and the world, the dangers of alcoholism, drug use, and divorce. The documents also include: a list of the the first Mandinka people who first performed pilgrimage to Mecca; a list of less known pre-colonial and anti-colonial Mus...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
183 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/32/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/32/2
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts II
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu II. Contains a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami collection of numerous documents, including two originally translated from Arabic into Mandinka Ajami to help local readers understand their contents in their own language. The documents include papers that...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
47 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