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Language Mandinka Subject Social Welfare Level [40] File

1. EAP1042/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/1/3
Title:
Solutions to Problems
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Koleyaalu Jaararaŋo. This collection contains five different texts. The first one consists of prayers designed to help people achieve social mobility. This text is a manual of special prayers and techniques for finding solutions to people's social problems, including love....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
64 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/17/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/17/2
Title:
Mandinka Poetry on Current Issues
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Balukuu Suukuwoo. The manuscript is a Mandinka Ajami poem dealing with current issues in Mandinka society. Bafode highlights the social problems he identified in his society and urges people to promote education and literacy in their own language as Europeans do. During hi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/21/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/21/4
Title:
Resolving Problems
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Jumaloo. Contains a collection of several small manuscripts with recipes and remedies to address people’s problems. The social preoccupations that the manuscripts seek to address include: infertility among women, how a man can make himself attractive to a woman he loves, s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Wolof
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
36 TIFF images

4. 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

5. EAP1042/32/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/32/4
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts IV
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu IV. Contains a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami collection of numerous documents, including texts dealing with the importance of nurturing good relationships between human beings, community members, ethnic groups, and races. They include figures and form...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
24 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/32/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/32/7
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts VII
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu VII. Contains a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami collection of numerous documents, including formulas and receipts for various social preoccupations (including helping women with infertility problems), special prayers for particular preoccupations (inclu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
51 TIFF images

7. EAP1042/43/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/43/4
Title:
Divination and Special Prayers
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Jajimoo aniŋ Duwaaraŋ Kummaayariŋo. The manuscript is a copy from the original document written by Saloum Yaffa. It deals with techniques used to address people's social problems. The techniques include divination to identify people's specific concerns and finding appropri...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
24 TIFF images