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Beyond African orality: digital preservation of Mandinka ʿAjamī archives of Casamance
(Wiley, 2019-06-14)This article focuses on the digital preservation of African sources written in Mandinka ʿAjamī, i.e. the enriched form of the Arabic script used to write the Mandinka language for centuries. ʿAjamī writing has been utilized ... -
West African manuscripts in Arabic and African languages and digital preservation
(Oxford University Press, 2017-06-01)West African manuscripts are numerous and varied in forms and contents. There are thousands of them across West Africa. A significant portion of them are documents written in Arabic and Ajami (African languages written in ...