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21. EAP334/10/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP334/10/1
Title:
Lenn ci mbindum Serigne Abdou Kane (Some of the writings of Serigne Abdou Kane) [c 1970s-2000]
Scope & Content:
The material is part of the personal archives of Serigne Abdou Kane, a student of Serigne Mbaye Diakhate. It consists of documents written by him based upon the poems he memorized and heard from his teacher. Based upon the interview with Serigne Bassirou Kane, the current owner of the material, ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Wolof
Date Range:
c 1970s-2000
Extent:
1 folder comprised of 259 TIFF images

22. EAP334/11/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP334/11/1
Title:
Sant waa kër Serigne Massamba Mbacke (Tribute to the family of Serigne Massamba Mbacke) [1978]
Scope & Content:
The materials copied include (1) a eulogy dedicated to Cheikh Massamba Mbacke, the youngest brother of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba who is said to have vocalized most of the writings of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, (2) a eulogy dedicated to Cheikh Massamba Mbacke's first son Serigne Modou Faty Khary Mbacke, an...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Wolof
Date Range:
1978
Extent:
1 folder comprised of 74 TIFF images

23. EAP334/12/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP334/12/1
Title:
Lawtanug barke (The flourishing of baraka)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a genealogy describing the descendants of Mame Maharam Mbacke, the ancestor of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, who lived in the 18th century. The author describes the methods he used to collect the data needed for the work, noting that most of the information he used was based on the wor...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Wolof
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 folder comprised of 16 TIFF images

24. EAP334/12/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP334/12/2
Title:
Manaafi'ul Muslim (Mystical Healing and Protection Manual)
Scope & Content:
The document uses esoteric Islamic sciences to provide medicinal receipes for several illnesses and difficulties of life. It contains local healing and esoteric protective systems, including how to heal someone sick, how to heal someone possessed by a spirit, how to protect people from all means...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Wolof
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 folder comprised of 19 TIFF images

25. EAP334/13/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP334/13/1
Title:
Jazbul Majzuub (Praising the Owner of Touba in Wolof Ajami) [c 1907]
Scope & Content:
The material is a collection of Wolof Ajami poems (Wolofal) of Serigne Samba Diarra Mbaye (1870-1917). There are insertions of Arabic words, phrases, and prayers, including in openings and closings. The material contains numerous poems, including praises dedicated to Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba and his...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Wolof
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:
1 folder containing 192 TIFF images

26. EAP334/13/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP334/13/2
Title:
Ay Qasiday Wolof ak Arab (Poems in Wolof and Arabic) [c 1903]
Scope & Content:
The materials is a collection of Arabic and Wolofal (Wolof Ajami) poems of Serigne Samba Diarra Mbaye (1870-1917). There are more Arabic poems than Wolofal in the materials. Wolofal poems include page 208-211, 364-369, and 387; Arabic and Wolof poems include 374-376; and Arabic poems include 21...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Wolof
Date Range:
c 1903
Extent:
1 folder containing 163 TIFF images

27. EAP334/14/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP334/14/1
Title:
Yeneen mbindum Serigne Mor Kayre (Other works of Serigne Mor Kayre) [between 1903-1907]
Scope & Content:
The material consists of Wolof Ajami poems (Wolofal) of Serigne Mor Kayre (1869-1951). The material is written in black ink. There are also insertions of Arabic words and phrases, including in openings and closings. The collection contains discussions on the qualities of Prophet Muhammad, the qu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Wolof
Date Range:
between 1903-1907
Extent:
1 folder containing 76 TIFF images

28. EAP334/15/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP334/15/1
Title:
Minanul Baaxil Xadiim buñu Wolofal: Xaaj bu njëkk (Minanul Baaxil Xadiim in Wolofal: Part I) [between 1966-1993]
Scope & Content:
The materials are the first volume of the Murid internal biography of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba translated into Wolof using Ajami. The orginal biography was written by Serigne Bassirou Mbacke (1895-1966), a disciple and a son of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba. Recognizing that many Murid disciples are literate...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Wolof
Date Range:
between 1966-1993
Extent:
1 folder containing 816 TIFF images

29. EAP334/15/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP334/15/2
Title:
Minanul Baaxil Xadiim buñu Wolofal: Ñaareelu Xaaj (Minanul Baaxil Xadiim in Wolofal: Part II) [between 1966-1993]
Scope & Content:
The materials are the second volume of the Murid internal biography of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba translated into Wolof using Ajami. The orginal biography was written by Serigne Bassirou Mbacke (1895-1966), a disciple and a son of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba. Recognizing that many Murid disciples are literat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Wolof
Date Range:
between 1966-1993
Extent:
1 folder containing 808 TIFF images

30. 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