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Place Rufisque, Senegal Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. EAP1042/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/11
Title:
Ansou Daffe Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of seven sets of manuscripts. Extent and format of original material: 7 files.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
909 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/11/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/11/6
Title:
Letters in Mandinka
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Mandinkakaŋ Leetaroolu. The collection contains short notes and letters written by family members in Mandinka Ajami. The first letter is sent from Guinea Bissau by Sire Mbaa Daffe, who is the aunt of the owner to greet him and to request that her children be kept together ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
7 TIFF images

3. EAP1245/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1
Title:
Mountaga Ba
Scope & Content:
Mountaga Ba is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and collected from the town of Pate Galo (northern Senegal). Ba’s family holding includes 56 small unbound book manuscripts and paper stacks. The material was mainly authored by the custodian’s father, Muhammad al-Ghāli...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Pulaar
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
2042 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/7
Title:
أضواء على حياة سيد نور تال
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a biography of Senegalese Sufi leader Seydu Nuuru Taal. The author traces Taal's genealogy as one of Umar Taal's prominent grandsons. It narrates detaiuls about his birth, training, and his political role in colonial Senegal. The author began the book in 1981 and completed it o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1981-1984
Extent:
66 TIFF images