El-hadji Kemo Drame Manuscript Collection

 
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/37391

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  • Kitāb Tanbih al-Afkār: Book of Mandinka Riddles 

    Drame, El-hadji Kemo
    A Mandinka Ajami document with the Arabic title Kitāb Tanbih al-Afkār, which contains over 200 Mandinka riddles and their answers. Knowledge of riddles and their clever meaning is important in Mandinka society.

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    Contains two small sets of documents written in Mandinka Ajami. The first set provides the list of people who served as village chiefs since the founding of the town of Mankonomba. The second set consists of personal ...

  • Image of Imam El-hadji Kemo Drame 

    Ngom, Ibrahima (2018-09-30)
    Image of manuscript owner Imam El-hadji Kemo Drame in Mankonomba, Sedhiou, Senegal, for the manuscript digitization work done in September 2018.