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1. EAP913/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1
Title:
Infa Yattara Family Library Collection
Scope & Content:
This project offers a representative sample of 50 Arabic manuscripts from the Infa Yattara Family Library currently housed in a private facility in Bamako, Mali. It consists of various works in the Islamic sciences, literature, medicine, Qur’an, historical documents as well as treatises in esote...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and French
Date Range:
1313-1963
Extent:
1338 TIFF images

2. EAP913/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/11
Title:
تعليم المتعلام لطريق التعلم
Scope & Content:
Section of a pedagogical work that was used extensively in the training of West African scolars of the Islamic tradition. Page size (cm) (width and height): 15 x 21; Text box size (cm): 12 x 17; Lines per page: 14. Condition: some text loss due to tearing; smudging Highlighted text in red; mu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
41 TIFF images

3. EAP913/1/22

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP913/1/22
Title:
حرز الطير السوء
Scope & Content:
Copy of a pedagogical work that was used extensively in the training of West African scolars of the Islamic tradition. Page size (cm) (width and height): 16 x 20; Text box size (cm): ; Lines per page: . Condition: tearing on edges Nearly transparent lined paper; was once folded in half; decor...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
3 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/23

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/23
Title:
El-hadji Kemo Drame Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection includes several manuscripts. The majority of them are written in Mandinka Ajami. These include: a biography of Fode Herba Drame, who founded the famous Mandinka learning center of Sunna-Karantaba; the list of Imams of Mankonomba; a list of important Mandinka riddles and their ans...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
173 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/23/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/23/1
Title:
The Origin of Herba Drame (The Founder of Sunna-Karantaba)
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Heerebaa Darame la Asloo. The manuscript is a copy of the original, written in Mandinka Ajami. Fode Aladji Drame, the current owner, copied it in 1977. It is a biography of his great grandfather, Fode Herba Drame (1680-1775), who founded the town of Sunna-Karantaba, which ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/36

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/36
Title:
Kelountang Thiam Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of four manuscripts. The first one is by Al-Shanfarā al-Azdī, and deals with the story of an outlaw man in the pre-Islamic era seeking revenge. The second text is a classical Arabic poem called Banāt Su'ād by Ka'ab bin Zuhayr, who who was initially one of the fiercest cri...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Soninke
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
602 TIFF images

7. EAP1085/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1085/1
Title:
Salvaged archives of the Cercle (administrative district) of Kita, Mali
Scope & Content:
Archival collection the Cercle (administrative distict) of Kita, Mali, dating back to the very early times of French colonisation in the region (1880s). Documentation on the micro and local Malian history in the twentieth century, and on slavery and post-slavery in Kita. Kita is one of the most ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1904-1962
Extent:
12367

8. EAP1085/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1085/1/1
Title:
Actes officiels
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 folder.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1937-1960
Extent:
1112

9. EAP1085/1/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1085/1/1/3
Title:
Décrets
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 folder.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1939-1959
Extent:
9

10. EAP1085/1/1/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1085/1/1/3/1
Title:
Décrets
Scope & Content:
French Republic decree (incomplete) on marriage in AOF; Decree 48-1317 of 25 August 1948 on over the counter procurement; Decree 25/PG of 31 January 1959 on the convocation of electoral college in the Sudanese Republic. Décret République française (incomplet) relatif au mariage en AOF; Décret n...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1939-1959
Extent:
9