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EAP1042/34/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003460236
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003460234
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100085288833.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1042/34/2
- Title:
- Special Prayers
- Additional Titles:
-
Duwaaraŋ Kummaayariŋo
- Scope & Content:
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Transliterated title: Duwaaraŋ Kummaayariŋo.
Contains a collection of two manuscripts. The first is a special prayer that combines Arabic litanies with Mandinka incantation language. The text is used for protection from real or imagined evil, invisibility, good luck, and other local preoccupations. The last document, which is written in classical Arabic, and copied by his father in 1987, serves as a special prayer for success and happiness.
Custodial history: The owner inherited the documents from his father, Arfang Yancouba Drame.
Extent and format of original material: 39 pages.
Physical characteristics: Unbound manuscript. Due to water damage, some text may be difficult to read.
Owner(s) of original material: Kalilou Drame.
Scribe of original material: Arfang Yancouba Drame.
Additional script information: Mandinka Ajami.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003460234
040-003460236 - Is part of:
- EAP1042/34 : Kalilou Drame Manuscript Collection
EAP1042/34/2 : Special Prayers - Hierarchy:
- 032-003460234[0002]/040-003460236
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1042/34
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 39 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1042-34-2
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
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 water damage, some text may be difficult to read.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in Senegal, as part of the private collection of Kalilou Drame.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)