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Ramuloo III: Divination III

dc.contributorCisse, Moustapha (owner)en_US
dc.contributor.authorCisse, Karang Alphousseynien_US
dc.coverage.spatialSedhiou, Senegalen_US
dc.coverage.temporal20th centuryen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-05T14:12:21Z
dc.date.available2019-09-05T14:12:21Z
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/2144/37725
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 (Principal 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 them from his father Keba Cisse after his death. His father inherited them from his grandfather, Karang Alphousseyni Cisse. Karang was a religious scholar who was born in Mankonomba and later moved to Bemme where he lived until his death.en_US
dc.description.abstractContains two manuscripts that deal with divination. The first is in Mandinka and the second in Arabic. Both manuscripts deal with divination techniques, which include interpretations of sixteen signs to identify people’s problems and to provide appropriate solutions. This form of divination, Khatt al-Raml in Arabic, is an old and popular tradition in Mandinka communities, as reflected in the multiple copies and types manscripts dealing with the subject found in different local archives.en_US
dc.format.extentUnbound manuscript. 37 pages.en_US
dc.format.mediumPaperen_US
dc.languageArabic, Mandinka Ajami
dc.language.isoar
dc.language.isomnk
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.subjectAjami scripten_US
dc.subjectDivination techniquesen_US
dc.subjectIslamen_US
dc.subjectDivinationen_US
dc.subjectKhatt al-Ramlen_US
dc.titleRamuloo III: Divination IIIen_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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