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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1042/57
Title:: Yancouba Seydi Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:: The collection contains two popular Mandinka Ajami texts: a devotional poem, and a divination manual. Custodial history: The current manuscript owner inherited the collection from his father, Cheikh Ahmadou Seydi, who was born in Diatouma where he started his Quranic studies. Afterwards, he mov...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mandinka
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 116 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1042/57/1
Title:: The Book Began
Scope & Content:: Transliterated title: Kitaaboo Foloota. The document is a Mandinka Ajami devotional 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). The poem is very popul...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mandinka
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 56 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1042/57/2
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 Senegambian Mandinka communities as Ramuloo (from Arabic: Khatt al-Raml). Muslim religious leaders regularly offer divination services to peop...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mandinka
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 60 TIFF images

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