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EAP1042/32/8
- Record Id:
- 040-003460226
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003460218
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100085288821.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1042/32/8
- Title:
- Collection of Bilingual Texts VIII
- Additional Titles:
-
Kandoolu Kitaaboolu VIII
- Scope & Content:
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Transliterated title: Kandoolu Kitaaboolu VIII.
Contains a bilingual Arabic-Wolof Ajami collection, which highlights the multilingualism and multiliteracy of the owner, Issa Diante. Diante is a Mandinka native speaker, who is fluent in Wolof. He reads and writes classical Arabic as well as Mandinka and Wolof Ajami, which he acquired during his peripatetic learning in Murid communities in northern Senegal where he embraced the Muridiyya Sufi order. The bilingual Arabic-Wolof Ajami documents in his collection are commonly used in Murid communities. The documents include a personal correspondence in Wolof Ajami and bilingual Arabic-Wolof texts dealing with Islamic rituals, obligations, and prayers.
Custodial history: The materials are part of the owner's private collection that he has gathered throughout his life.
Extent and format of original material: 43 pages.
Physical characteristics: One manuscript is partly bound and others are unbound. Some documents show signs of water damage.
Owner(s) of original material: Issa Diante.
Additional script information: Wolof Ajami.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003460218
040-003460226 - Is part of:
- EAP1042/32 : Issa Diante Manuscipt Collection
EAP1042/32/8 : Collection of Bilingual Texts VIII - Hierarchy:
- 032-003460218[0008]/040-003460226
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1042/32
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 43 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1042-32-8
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
Wolof - 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:
- One manuscript is partly bound and others are unbound. Some documents show signs of water damage.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in Senegal, as part of the private collection of Issa Diante.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)