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111. EAP1042/44/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/44/1
Title:
Some Ephemeral Ajami Texts
Scope & Content:
Contains a collection of three ephemeral Mandinka Ajami texts. The first is a Mandinka calendar with the twelve months of the year and the days in each month. The second document teaches Mandinka Ajami literates the Arabic alphanumeric system. The last text is a letter sent to the father of the ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

112. EAP1042/45/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/45/1
Title:
My God, Don't Leave us by Ourselves (a poem by Sitookoto Dabo)
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Yaa Rabbi Kanaŋ Tuŋ n-Faŋ Bulu. The manuscript is a copy of a Mandinka Ajami poem authored by Arfang Sitookoto Dabo, also known as Ababacar Dabo, the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet of Senegambia. The poem enjoins people to cultivate moral virtues (especially respect and s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
15 TIFF images

113. EAP1042/45/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/45/2
Title:
Collection of Arabic and Mandinka Poems
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ aniŋ Mandinkakaŋ Suukuwoolu. Contains a collection of several short devotional poems written in Arabic and Mandinka Ajami. Included within are copies of poems by Sitookoto Dabo, the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet of Senegambia. The poets praise Prophet Muḥammad,...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
15 TIFF images

114. EAP1042/46/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/46/1
Title:
Mandinka Ajami Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mandinkakaŋ Suukuwo. Contains a collection of two recently written devotional poems written in Mandinka Ajami by Mouhamadou Moro Badjinka. The themes discussed in the poems include the creation of humanity, earth, the environment, the advent of Islam and Prophet Muḥammad, ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
2000-2017
Extent:
9 TIFF images

115. EAP1042/47/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/47/1
Title:
Divination I
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Ramuloo. The manuscript is a copy. It deals with divination techniques used to identify people's problems and to find approprite solutions. The techniques in the document are also used to predict people's future, by anticipating the challenges they might face, and ways to ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
104 TIFF images

116. EAP1042/47/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/47/2
Title:
Solutions to Problems I
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Koleyaalu Jaaraŋo I. The manuscript is a photocopy of a part of a bilingual manual dealing with techniques to solve people's problems using what Mandinka scholars call: Ismoo (Arabic: name). The word refers to the use of names of God, Prophets, Jinns, and other supernatura...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
28 TIFF images

117. EAP1042/47/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/47/3
Title:
Divination II
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Ramuloo. The manuscript is a copy. It deals with divination techniques, which include interpretations of sixteen signs to identify people’s problems and provide appropriate solutions. Each of the sixteen signs corresponds to a name of an Abrahaamic prophet. The manuscript ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
117 TIFF images

118. EAP1042/47/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/47/4
Title:
Solutions to Problems II
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Koleyaalu Jaaraŋo II. The manuscript is a copy of a synthesis of divination and diagnosis techniques used to identify the roots of people's concerns and ways to address them. According to the owner, the original which was written in the 19th century is lost. Section headin...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
19 TIFF images

119. EAP1042/47/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/47/5
Title:
Book of Purification
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Seneyandiraŋ Kitaaboo. The document is inspired by an original Arabic text by Muḥammad al-Sanūsī dealing with Islamic rituals, including ways to cleanse oneself after intercourse and ablutions. The original Arabic document was translated in Mandinka to allow Ajami users to...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

120. EAP1042/47/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/47/6
Title:
Solutions to Problems III
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Koleyaalu Jaaraŋo III. Contains several ephemeral documents dealing with different subjects. These subjects include protection from Satan, increasing one’s chances of becoming wealthy, ending a dispute, happily resolving legal cases, and silencing one’s opponents. The docu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
53 TIFF images