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1041. EAP1042/55/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/55/6
Title:
Arabic Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ Suukuwo. The manuscript is a recent copy of an Arabic text. It has extensive glosses in Mandinka Ajami to help local readers understand the content. The document deals with the story of a young man from the Banī Isrā'īl whose parents were debating whether their s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
2000-2017
Extent:
27 TIFF images

1042. EAP1042/55/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/55/7
Title:
Arabic Takhmīs Poem
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Araabukaŋ Tahamisi Suukuwo. The manuscript is a copy from the Arabic original. It has extensive glosses in Arabic. It was copied by Abdoulaye Bayo. The poem praises God, celebrates His glory and mercy, emphasizes the importance of knowledge, and gives tribute to a prominen...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
19 TIFF images

1043. EAP1042/56/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/56/1
Title:
Poetry and Sermon in Mandinka Ajami
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Suukuwoo aniŋ Kawandoo. Contains a collection of three poems written in Mandinka Ajami. The first two are copies of the original poems authored by the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet, Sitookoto Dabo. In the first poem, the poet discusses his life, his wishes for his family...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

1044. EAP1042/56/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/56/2
Title:
Mandinka Ajami Poetry
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kitaaboo Foloota (The Book Began). The manuscript is a copy of the Mandinka Ajami religious poem titled Kitaaboo Foloota (English: The Book Began), which alludes to the beginning of the Quran. The poem praises God and Prophet Muḥammad and teaches tawḥid (English: oneness o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
15 TIFF images

1045. EAP1042/57/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/57/1
Title:
The Book Began
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kitaaboo Foloota. The document is a Mandinka Ajami devotional poem titled Kitaaboo Foloota (English: The Book Began), which alludes to the beginning of the Quran. The poem praises God and Prophet Muḥammad and teaches tawḥīd (English: oneness of God). The poem is very popul...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
56 TIFF images

1046. EAP1042/57/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/57/2
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 Senegambian Mandinka communities as Ramuloo (from Arabic: Khatt al-Raml). Muslim religious leaders regularly offer divination services to peop...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
60 TIFF images

1047. EAP1042/58/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/58/3
Title:
The Book Began
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kitaaboo Foloota. The document is a Mandinka Ajami poem titled Kitaaboo Foloota (English: The Book Began), which alludes to the beginning of the Quran. This poem praises God and Prophet Muḥammad and teaches tawḥid (English: oneness of God). It was copied by the owner’s fat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
14 TIFF images

1048. EAP1042/58/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/58/4
Title:
Biography of Al-hadji Aliou Kante
Scope & Content:
The document is a biography of Al-hadji Aliou Kante, a Mandinka scholar from Kombo-Sifo in The Gambia. It documents his life, education, and experience with prominent religious scholars he encountered in his lifetime, including Mame Bamba Barro who was a disciple of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacke (...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
93 TIFF images

1049. EAP1063/7/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1063/7/1
Title:
The Maduraas Merchant Account Book
Scope & Content:
This file composed of notebook document deals with muslim merchant accounts in tuuttukuTi. It contains information on merchant accounts details of the koTTaiyur cettiyar family. This notebook document contains 101 pages. Height 13cm and Width 18cm.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
101 TIFF images

1050. EAP1068/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1068/1/1
Title:
Imala Native Court
Scope & Content:
The record comprises of proceedings of the Civil cases heard by the local court. Extent: 1 manuscript containing 3 folders and 625 images. Author(s)/Creator(s): Customary Courts, Western Region of Nigeria during the Colonial years (1900 – 1960s). Scribe(s): Customary Courts, Western Region of...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920
Extent:
625 TIFF images

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