Hadithi ya Mgala na Mwanawe (MS 193290m)
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Title:
Hadithi ya Mgala na Mwanawe (MS 193290m)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection : Hadithi
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript :

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Short stories ( LCSH )
Fiction ( LCSH )
Oral literature
Oral tradition in literature ( LCSH )
Moral values
Bunilizi
Values -- Moral and ethical aspects ( LCSH )
Genre:
Stories
Hadithi
Literature ( LCTGM )
Translation
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Coordinates:
-9.633997 x 39.778998

Notes

Abstract:
This manuscript contains an incomplete story about a ‘mgala’, oromo person, who is looking to marry his daughter and he requests a generous dowry of 100 cows from the contenders. This also is a humorous story like many in the same collection MS 193290 ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition is unknown
General Note:
Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
General Note:
Dialects: KiMvita
General Note:
Extent: 2 leaves
General Note:
Incipit: Palikuwa na mgala mmoja yuna mwanawe mwana mke mzuri sana.
General Note:
Donated to SOAS, 23 May 1967
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
Resource Identifier:
MS 193290 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 193290m ( SOAS manuscript number )