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71. EAP1042/29/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/29/1
Title:
Mandinka Ajami Poems by Sitookoto Dabo
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sitookoto Daabo la Suukuwoolu. Contains a collection of several recent copies of poems by Arfang Sitookoto Dabo (1857-1971), the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet of Senegambia. The poems reflect Dabo’s curriculum vita (his initial Islamic education and subsequent pursuit of...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

72. EAP1042/29/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/29/2
Title:
Mandinka Devotional Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mandinkakaŋ Suukuwo. The manuscript is a copy of a devotional Ajami poem written by Sitookoto Dabo (1857-1971), the most famous Mandinka Ajam poet of Senegambia. The poem praises Prophet Muḥammad and celebrates his achievements. Custodial history: The owner copied the mat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
18 TIFF images

73. EAP1042/29/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/29/3
Title:
Mandinka Ajami Letters
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mandinkakaŋ Leetaroolu. Contains a collection of personal correspondences in Mandinka Ajami between family members living in different parts of Senegal. The letters discuss various family-related subjects, including financial issues. Custodial history: The owner received ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
2000-2017
Extent:
8 TIFF images

74. EAP1042/30/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/30/1
Title:
Divination
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Ramuloo. The manuscript is a recent copy of a 19th-century divination manual written in Mandinka Ajami. Divination is popular in Muslim Africa. It is known in Senegambian Mandinka communities as Ramuloo (from Arabic: Khatt al-Raml). Muslim religious leaders regularly offer...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
142 TIFF images

75. EAP1042/30/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/30/2
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 devotional Mandinka Ajami poem authored by Arfang Sitkoto Dabo, also known as Ababacar Dabo, the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet of Senegambia. Custodial history: The owner copied it from his colleague Mamadou ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. EAP1042/32/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/32/3
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts III
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu III. Contains a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami collection of two documents: an incantation genre called Saalaalo in Mandinka, and a bilingual text dealing with marriage. The materials reflect the dual literacy tradition in Arabic and Ajami that is comm...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
5 TIFF images

80. 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