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991. 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

992. 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

993. EAP1042/32/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/32/6
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts VI
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu VI. Contains a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami collection of numerous documents, including how to wash the bodies of deceased people following Islamic rituals, prayers and sermons, personal notes and contacts, divination techniques, and recipes and inst...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
29 TIFF images

994. EAP1042/32/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/32/8
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts VIII
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu VIII. Contains a bilingual Arabic-Wolof Ajami collection, which highlights the multilingualism and multiliteracy of the owner, Issa Diante. Diante is a Mandinka native speaker, who is fluent in Wolof. He reads and writes classical Arabic as well as Mand...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Wolof
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
43 TIFF images

995. EAP1042/32/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/32/9
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts IX
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu IX. Contains a collection of poems and other documents in classical Arabic dealing with Islamic topics. Some of the documents, which are written on small pieces of paper, include Arabic glosses. Red ink is used in one of the poems for vocalization and t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
41 TIFF images

996. EAP1042/33/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/33/1
Title:
Mandinka Devotional Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mandinkakaŋ Suukuwo. The manuscript is written by the famous Mandinka religious scholar, poet, and educator, Kang Kalifa Diaby. Kang Kalifa translated many important texts from Arabic and Soninke Ajami (Sarakhole) into Mandinka. He has greatly contributed to the expansion ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
50 TIFF images

997. EAP1042/33/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/33/4
Title:
Guide for Muslims
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Misilmeyaa Keeñaa. The manuscript is a copy of an Arabic text with extensive glosses in Mandinka Ajami by the Mandinka educator, Kang Kalifa Diaby. The document deals with numerous Islamic rituals, including guidelines for the required prayers and purification rituals for ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
17 TIFF images

998. EAP1042/33/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/33/5
Title:
Collection of Bilingual Texts
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu. A collection of two small bilingual manuscripts. The first is a copy of a Mandinka Ajami poem that praises God and Prophet Muḥammad while teaching literacy and Mandinka grammar. It was authored by the Mandinka educator, Kang Kalifa Diaby. The second mo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

999. EAP1042/34/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/34/1
Title:
Emulating the Prophet and the Elders
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Ka Kiilaa aniŋ Keebaalu la Siloolu Nooma. Contains a collection of two small Mandinka Ajami poems. The first one is a poem that praises Prophet Muḥammad, celebrate his virtues, and enjoins people to follow his teachings. It was written by El-hadji Amadou Dabo, from Madina-...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
2000-2017
Extent:
7 TIFF images

1000. EAP1042/36/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/36/1
Title:
الشنفرى الأزدي
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Al-Shanfarī al-Azdī. The manuscript is a poem dealing with the story of an outlaw man called Al-Shanfarā al-Azdī who lived in the 6th century during the pre-Islamic era. The man decided to avenge the killing of his father. He lived for awhile in the wilderness to prepare f...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

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