The plaintiff claimed for the sum of 18 shillings and 6 pence cash from the defendant being repayment for loan and refund for purchase of goods. Custodial history: Second class subordinate court of Kasungu. Calendar: Gregorian. Volume and issue number: Civil Case number 1 of 1941. Owner(s) o...
Recipes for Fortune, Prayers, Incantations, and Divination Records
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Transliterated title: Naafulu Soto, Duwaaraŋo, Saalaaloolu, aniŋ Juubeeraŋo. This collection encompasses several genres of texts including: prayers in Arabic; recipes for happiness and wealth; esoteric diagrams with Arabic text inside of them, and explanations of their purpose along with instruct...
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...
Transliterated title: Kanjamaalu Kitaaboolu I. Contains a collection of personal correspondances, notes, and some financial records. Arabic, Mandinka, Wolof, and French are used in the documents. Besides the documents in Mandinka Ajami, there is a letter in French, a document in Wolof Ajami dea...
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 ...
Payment receipt notebook of the fraternity of Nuestra Señora de Aránzazu (San Francisco convent). Cuaderno de recibos de pago de la cofradía de Nuestra Señora de Aránzazu (convento de San Francisco). Extent: 1 volume, 70 folios. Custodial history: The fraternities were created during the colo...