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Language Mandinka Subject Customs and traditions Level [40] File

1. EAP1042/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/1/2
Title:
الاخضري
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Al-Akhdarī in Mandinka Ajami. The manuscript is a Mandinka Ajami exegesis of the popular Mālikī jurisprudence text known as Al-Akhdarī, which is used across Muslim West Africa. Al-Akhdarī, is based on the name of the Algerian scholar, Abū Yazīd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bin Muḥammad ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
84 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/4/2
Title:
Recipes for Fortune, Prayers, Incantations, and Divination Records
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Naafulu Soto, Duwaaraŋo, Saalaaloolu, aniŋ Juubeeraŋo. This collection encompasses several genres of texts including: prayers in Arabic; recipes for happiness and wealth; esoteric diagrams with Arabic text inside of them, and explanations of their purpose along with instruct...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
97 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/17/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/17/1
Title:
الاخضري
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Al-Akhdarī in Mandinka Ajami. The manuscript is a Mandinka Ajami exegesis of the popular Malikī jurisprudence (figh) text known as Al-Akhdarī, authored by the Algerian scholar, Abū Yazīd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bin Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr bin Muḥammad bin ʿĀmir. Similar interpretations ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
166 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/18/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/18/1
Title:
Special Bilingual Prayers
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kulufin Karlaa. The manuscript is a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami document that the owners call Kulufin Karlaa. It is copied from the original by El-hadji Kemo Bonko Faty. It deals with special formulas that combine Islamic prayers with traditional Mandinka incantations ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
12 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/19/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/19/1
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts I
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu I. Contains a collection of old and new bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami documents. The documents include a religious poem celebrating Prophet Muḥammad and his teachings, Mandinka traditional incantation texts and prayers, and formulas and numerological ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
21 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/20/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/20/1
Title:
Calling for Peaceful Elections
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kayiro Daanoo Karta Fayi Tumoo. The manuscript is a copy of a Mandinka Ajami poetry written in a pre-electoral context. It prays for peaceful elections and urges voters to fulfill their civic obligations while preserving the tradition of peaceful coexistence and mutual und...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
12 TIFF images

7. EAP1042/25/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/25/2
Title:
Prayers for Prosperity
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Naafulu Soto Duwaa. The manuscript is a prayer for prosperity, good luck, and good health used among Mandinka Qadīriyya Sufi disciples of Casamance, who follow the tradition of Mukhtār al-Kuntī. It is written in classical Arabic with a few glosses in Mandinka and Soninke A...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
104 TIFF images

8. EAP1042/31/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/31/1
Title:
Book of Solutions
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Ismoo Kitaaboo. The manuscript is a manual designed to addess many social problems. It contains various numerological figures, prayers, and recipes to address: health-related issues, popularity, chasing away malicious people, protection from witchcraft, enhancing one’s min...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
101 TIFF images

9. EAP1042/32/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/32/1
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts I
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu I. Contains a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami collection of numerous documents, including personal correspondences, healing and divination techniques, recipes to address multiple local preoccupations using figures and formulas (including how to increase...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
31 TIFF images

10. 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