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Kandoolu Kitaaboolu: Collection of Bilingual Texts

dc.contributorDiebate, El-hadji Ibrahima Kalilou (owner)en_US
dc.contributor.authorbin Abū Bakr, Ahmaden_US
dc.contributor.authorDabo, Sitokotoen_US
dc.contributor.authorDiebate, El-hadji Ibrahima Kalilouen_US
dc.contributor.otherToure, Sidiya (scribe)en_US
dc.coverage.spatialSedhiou, Senegalen_US
dc.coverage.temporal20th centuryen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-29T18:21:47Z
dc.date.available2019-08-29T18:21:47Z
dc.date.created1991
dc.identifier.citationNgom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, & Diakité, Ablaye. (2018). African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/27112
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2144/37580
dc.descriptionThe entire manuscript is available for download as a PDF file(s). Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact open-help@bu.edu. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Fallou Ngom (Pricipal Investigator; Director, African Studies Center), Ablaye Diakité (Local Project Manager), Mr. Ibrahima Yaffa (General Field Facilitator), and Ibrahima Ngom (photographer). Technical Team: Professor Fallou Ngom (Principle Investigator, Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). This collection of Mandinka Ajami materials is copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. This is a joint project between BU and the West African Research Center (WARC), funded by the British Library/Arcadia Endangered Archives Programme. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are fully cited using the information below. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu). Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, & Diakité, Ablaye. (2018). African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/27112. For Inquiries: please contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu). For technical assistance, please contact open-help@bu.edu.en_US
dc.descriptionProvenance / Custodial history: The owner inherited the materials from his father, El-hadji Ibrahima Kalilou Diebate.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe first manuscript in this collection is a copy of an Arabic devotional poem called Marmūz al-Tantaranī written by Aḥmad bin Abū Bakr, with glosses in Arabic and Mandinka. The poem was copied by Sidiya Toure, the uncle of the manuscript owner’s father. The second document is a copy of a devotional Arabic poem with Arabic, Soninke, and Mandinka Ajami glosses. The other documents include: copies of devotional poems by Sitokoto Dabo (the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet); a Mandinka Ajami poem written by El-hadji Ibrahima Kalilou Diebate (the father of the current owner) dealing with the value of education and moral virtues in society; and, a Mandinka Ajami document written with purple ink, dealing with the history of the foundation of the first mosque of Karantaba.en_US
dc.format.extentUnbound manuscript. 36 pages. Chipped and frayed edges, and faded script may make some text difficult to read.en_US
dc.format.mediumPaperen_US
dc.languageArabic, Mandinka Ajami, Soninke Ajami
dc.language.isoar
dc.language.isomnk
dc.language.isosnk
dc.rightsThese materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu).en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectSedhiou, Senegalen_US
dc.subjectManuscripten_US
dc.subjectMandinka Languageen_US
dc.subjectSoninke Languageen_US
dc.subjectAjami scripten_US
dc.subjectDevotional poetryen_US
dc.subjectMarmūz al-Tantaranīen_US
dc.subjectArabic poetryen_US
dc.subjectMoral virtuesen_US
dc.subjectMosquesen_US
dc.subjectKarantabaen_US
dc.titleKandoolu Kitaaboolu: Collection of Bilingual Textsen_US
dc.typeManuscripten_US
dc.rights.holderAfrican Studies Center, Boston Universityen_US


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These materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu).
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