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EAP1042/23/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003460177
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003460176
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100085288755.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1042/23/1
- Title:
- The Origin of Herba Drame (The Founder of Sunna-Karantaba)
- Additional Titles:
-
Heerebaa Darame la Asloo
- Scope & Content:
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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 is an important Mandinka Islamic learning center in Casamance. The document traces the origin of Fode Herba Drame to his birthplace in Manding (Mali), shows his itinerary and the places where he stayed before founding Sunna Karantaba. It also shows how his descendants spread in the Pakao area to build mosques and create other towns and villages, including Mankonomba.
Custodial history: The current owner copied the document in 1971.
Extent and format of original material: 10 pages.
Physical characteristics: Unbound manuscript. Due to ink stains, some text may be difficult to read.
Owner(s) of original material: El Hadji Kemo Drame.
Additional script information: Mandinka Ajami.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003460176
040-003460177 - Is part of:
- EAP1042/23 : El-hadji Kemo Drame Manuscript Collection
EAP1042/23/1 : The Origin of Herba Drame (The Founder of Sunna-Karantaba) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003460176[0001]/040-003460177
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1042/23
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 10 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1042-23-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Mandinka
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 20th 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. Due to ink stains, some text may be difficult to read.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in Senegal, as part of the private collection of El-hadji Kemo Drame.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)