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51. EAP1042/23/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/23/5
Title:
Chiefs of Mankonomba and Personal Notes
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mankonombaa Alkaaloolu aniŋ Fansuŋ Kayitoolu. Contains two small sets of documents written in Mandinka Ajami. The first set provides the list of people who served as village chiefs since the founding of the town of Mankonomba. The second set consists of personal correspond...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

52. EAP1042/24/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/24/1
Title:
A Poem by al-Yūsī with Extensive Mandinka Ajami Glosses
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a copy of an Arabic poem by the Moroccan Sufi poet, Abū Alī al-Ḥasan ibn Mas‘ūd al-Yūsī (1631-1691). It has extensive didactic glosses in Mandinka Ajami. It was copied from the original by Mouhamadou Amine Toure, the grandfather of the current owner who also added the Mandinka ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
83 TIFF images

53. EAP1042/25/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/25/1
Title:
Multilingual Collection
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu. Contains a rich collection of documents in prose and poetry written in Arabic with glosses in several languages, including Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke Ajami. The manuscripts include: Biniiboo (Mandinka: panegyric poems celebrating Prophet Muhammad); ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
978 TIFF images

54. 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

55. EAP1042/26/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/1
Title:
Divination I
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Ramuloo I. The manuscript is a copy from the original document written in Mandinka Ajami by Makili Bayo Bilama. It was a gift given in 1980 to Al-hadji Aboubacar Seydi who was living in Dakar. The manuscript deals with divination techniques (including astrological signs) u...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
150 TIFF images

56. EAP1042/26/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/2
Title:
Divination II
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Ramuloo II. The manuscript was translated in Mandinka Ajami from the original Arabic version. According to the owner, this copy was made from the Mandinka Ajami translation. It deals with divination techniques (including astrological signs and names of important Islamic re...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
27 TIFF images

57. EAP1042/26/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/3
Title:
A Poem by Kang Kalifa Diaby
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kaŋ Kalifa Jaabi la Suukuwo. The manuscript is a copy of a poem written by the renowned Mandinka scholar, Kang Kalifa Diaby. The poem is dedicated to the Tunisian scholar, Ibn Zayd al-Qayrawānī, who lived in the 4th century (AH). The manuscript is written in Arabic with ex...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
20 TIFF images

58. EAP1042/26/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/4
Title:
A Poem by Sitookoto Dabo (Arfang Bajinka
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sitookoto Daabo la Suukuwo. The document is a copy of a Mandinka Ajami poem written by the famous Mandinka poet, Aboubacar Dabo, who is popularly known as Sitookoto Dabo. The poem deals with Islamic inheritance rules, explains the notion of inheritance (Mandinka: Keetaala)...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

59. EAP1042/26/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/5
Title:
A Poem by Sitookoto Dabo (Yaa Allah, Yaa Rahman, Yaa Rahim)
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sitookoto Daabo la Suukuwo. The manuscript is a copy of the original written in Mandinka Ajami by Sitookoto Dabo, one of the most famous Mandinka Ajami poets of Senegambia. The poem combines praises of God for His protection and mercy with prayers for peace, health, long l...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

60. EAP1042/26/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/26/6
Title:
Kukoi's Failed Coup
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kuukoy la Maasibo. The manuscript is a copy of the original Mandinka Ajami poem written by El-hadji Seckou Toure from Jarra in The Gambia. The poem deals with the dangerous atmosphere that prevailed in The Gambia during Kukoi Samba Sanyang's failed coup attempt in 1981. As...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images