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1. EAP1042/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/21
Title:
El-hadji Lamine Bayo Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection contains manuscripts dealing with different religious and non-religious topics. Some are short and others are long. The issues discussesd in the documents include divination, special prayers and techniques to address specific problems, and panegyric poems praising Prophet Muḥammad...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, French, Fulah, Mandinka, and Wolof
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1026 TIFF images

2. EAP1042/21/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/21/1
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 Mandinka communities as Ramuloo (from Arabic: Khatt al-Raml). Muslim religious leaders regularly offer divination services to people (Muslims ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
160 TIFF images

3. EAP1042/21/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/21/2
Title:
Special Prayers
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Duwaaraŋ Kummaayariŋo. A short Mandinka Ajami manuscript, which contains special prayers and techniques used to address specific problems. The manuscript includes names of Prophets, the companions of Prophet Muḥammad, and angels. The manuscript was digitized at Hotel Nema-...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
13 TIFF images

4. EAP1042/21/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/21/12
Title:
Collection of Multilingual Ephemeral Texts III
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Kanjamaalu Kitaaboolu III. Contains a collection of several ephemeral texts written in Arabic, Mandinka, and Fuuta Jalon Fula Ajami. One of the texts included deals with Istikhāra (special prayers used in Islamic divination) with glosses in Mandinka, a letter in Fuuta Jalo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Fulah, and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

5. EAP1042/21/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/21/4
Title:
Resolving Problems
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Jumaloo. Contains a collection of several small manuscripts with recipes and remedies to address people’s problems. The social preoccupations that the manuscripts seek to address include: infertility among women, how a man can make himself attractive to a woman he loves, s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Mandinka, and Wolof
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
36 TIFF images

6. EAP1042/21/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1042/21/3
Title:
Celebrating Prophet Muhammad
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title: Biniiboo. Contains a collection of several panegyric poems (Arabic: Madḥ) praising Prophet Muhammad. The poems celebrate his struggles, virtues, and success in the nascent days of Islam. They are written in Arabic with interlinear and marginal glosses in Mandinka Ajami and...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Mandinka
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
409 TIFF images