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11. EAP1042/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/14
Title:
Arfang Karamo Sylla Manuscript Collection.
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a biography of the Mandinka scholar called Fode Koule Sylla. Extent and format of original material: 1 file.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

12. EAP1042/14/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/14/1
Title:
Biography of the Great Scholar
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Moor Baa la Taariixoo. The manuscript is a biography of the Mandinka scholar called Fode Koule Sylla (1752-1843), also known as Sylla Baa (Mandinka: The Great Sylla). This manuscript is based on the Arabic original that Fode Koule Sylla wrote. It was translated in Mandinka...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

13. EAP1042/17

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/17
Title:
Bafode Diaby Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains five manuscripts: an exegesis of al-Akhdarī in Mandinka Ajami; a Mandinka Ajami poem dealing with current Issues; a sample Arabic-Mandinka Ajami exegesis of the Quran; a complete exegesis of the Quran in Mandinka Ajami; and, a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami dictionary in...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1521 TIFF images

14. 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

15. EAP1042/17/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/17/3
Title:
تفسير الجلالين
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Tafsīr al-Jalālayn (Sample). The bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami document is a sample of Bafode’s Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, an exegesis of the Quran, which is modeled on the work of a teacher and his student who are both called Jalāl: Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī (died in 1459) and h...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
55 TIFF images

16. EAP1042/17/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/17/4
Title:
تفسير الجلالين
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Tafsīr al-Jalālayn in Mandinka Ajami (Complete Quran). The Mandinka Ajami manuscript is Bafode’s Tafsīr al-Jalālayn of the entire Quran in Mandinka Ajami. It is modeled on the exegesis of the Quran by a teacher and his student who are both called Jalāl: Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1243 TIFF images

17. EAP1042/17/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/17/5
Title:
Bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami Dictionary
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ aniŋ Mandinkakaŋ Kannasooru Kitaabo. The bilingual manuscript is one of Bafode’s ongoing projects. It is an Arabic-Mandinka dictionary to help Mandinka people know their language and Arabic. He was inspired by existing dictionaries of Arabic and other languages. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
53 TIFF images

18. EAP1042/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/21
Title:
El-hadji Lamine Bayo Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains manuscripts dealing with different religious and non-religious topics. Some are short and others are long. The issues discussesd in the documents include divination, special prayers and techniques to address specific problems, and panegyric poems praising Prophet Muḥammad...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, French, Fulah, Mandinka, and Wolof
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1026 TIFF images

19. EAP1042/21/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/21/1
Title:
Divination
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Ramuloo. The manuscript is a copy of a divination manual in Mandinka Ajami. Divination is popular in Muslim Africa. It is known in Mandinka communities as Ramuloo (from Arabic: Khatt al-Raml). Muslim religious leaders regularly offer divination services to people (Muslims ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
160 TIFF images

20. EAP1042/23

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/23
Title:
El-hadji Kemo Drame Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection includes several manuscripts. The majority of them are written in Mandinka Ajami. These include: a biography of Fode Herba Drame, who founded the famous Mandinka learning center of Sunna-Karantaba; the list of Imams of Mankonomba; a list of important Mandinka riddles and their ans...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
173 TIFF images