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EAP1042/16/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003460147
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003460146
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100085288715.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1042/16/1
- Title:
- Praising The Lord
- Additional Titles:
-
Mansoo Tentu
- Scope & Content:
-
Transliterated title: Mansoo Tentu.
This manuscript is a copy of the original Mandinka Ajami song written by the great Mandinka poet, Sitookoto Dabo. Sitookota is one of the most famous Mandinka religious scholars and poets of Senegambia. He authored numerous poems in Mandinka Ajami that are still popular in Senegambian Mandinka communities. He was born in Oudoucar and died in The Gambia. The poem praises God and asks for protection, good health, long life, and success in this life and the afterlife.
Custodial history: The owner received it from his friend, Ansoumana Sadio, who is a friend of Sitookoto Dabo's son.
Extent and format of original material: 2 pages.
Physical characteristics: Unbound manuscript.
Owner(s) of original material: Babanding Fofana.
Author(s) of original material: Sitookoto Dabo.
Additional script information: Mandinka Ajami.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003460146
040-003460147 - Is part of:
- EAP1042/16 : Babanding Fofana Manuscript Collection
EAP1042/16/1 : Praising The Lord - Hierarchy:
- 032-003460146[0001]/040-003460147
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1042/16
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1042-16-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Mandinka
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Latitude (Decimal):
- 14.69103
- Longitude (Decimal):
- -17.47111
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
- Physical Characteristics:
- Unbound manuscript.
- Arrangement:
- The manuscripts were digitised the way they were kept by the owner.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in Senegal, as part of the private collection of Babanding Fofana.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)