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Container Reference (shelfmark) EAP1042/55 Digitised Content Platform Endangered Archives Programme Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. EAP1042/55/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/55/1
Title:
Knowledge over Material Wealth
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Jajaay Ndiŋo. The manuscript is a bilingual Arabic-Mandinka Ajami text that the ower calls Jajaay Ndiŋo. It is an Arabic poem copied from the original written by Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī. It has extensive glosses in Mandinka Ajami to help local readers understand the cont...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/55/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/55/2
Title:
A Poem by Sitookoto Dabo (Yaa Allah, Yaa Rahman, Yaa Rahim)
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Sitookoto Daabo la Suukuwo. The manuscript is a copy of the original poem written in Mandinka Ajami by Sitookoto Dabo, the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet of Senegambia. The poem combines praises of God for His protection and mercy with prayers for peace, health, long life...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/55/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/55/3
Title:
The Book Began
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kitaaboo Foloota. This manuscript is a copy of a Mandinka Ajami 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). This poem is popular...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
20 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/55/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/55/4
Title:
A Poem by El-hadji Malick Sy
Scope & Content:
Title in original script: نؤني . Transliterated title: Nūniyya. The manuscript is a copy of the famous religious poem in Arabic written by the Senegalese Tijāniyya leader, El-hadji Malick Sy. The poem has some glosses in Mandinka Ajami to help readers understand its content. Custodial history...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
12 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/55/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/55/5
Title:
مرمؤز الطنطراني
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Marmūz al-Ṭanṭarānī. The manuscript is a copy of the Arabic poem called Marmūz al-Tantarānī written by Aḥmad bin Abū Bakr al-Tantarānī. The themes discussed in the document include life, death, and the afterlife. It is a bilingual document with extensive glosses in Mandink...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
12 TIFF images

6. 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

7. 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

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