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Project / Collection Pulaar Islamic Texts: Six Archives of the Taal Families in Senegal and Mali Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1245/1 Subject Politics and Government

1. 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

2. EAP1245/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/9
Title:
قصاءد لشيخ محمد الغالي با
Scope & Content:
This volume contains seven poems handwritten by Muhammad al-Ghāli Ba. According to the author's son, Mountaga Ba, the poems were probably composed in the mid-1970s a time when the author lived in Mauritania, while working at the country's national radio station and serving as a special counsel t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Mid 1970s
Extent:
61 TIFF images

3. EAP1245/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/10
Title:
أحزاب السياسية في موريتانيا
Scope & Content:
This manuscript includes correspondences and one article. The correspondences had been destined to several people. The article was written back when the author, Muhammad al-Ghali, was working at Mauritania' s National Radio. The article addresses the political situation of Mauritania in the 1980...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1980s
Extent:
7 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/11
Title:
أحزاب السياسية في موريتانيا
Scope & Content:
This is a manuscript by Muhammad al-Ghali Ba. It contains an analysis of the political parties in Mauritania. The first page provides a geographical description of Mauritania. It discusses parties such as An wisaaqu al-Muritani (Unity in Mauritania). This first Mauritanian political party was cr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 1980s
Extent:
28 TIFF images