Correspondence with M. Kijumwa (MS 253028e)
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Material Information

Title:
Correspondence with M. Kijumwa (MS 253028e)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection : Correspondence
Creator:
Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary )
Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript : Bound volume with red and gold cover; typescript in black ink on thin paper

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili Literature ( LCSH )
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Kiswahili mashairi
Mr Whitton
Genre:
Letter
Correspondence ( LCTGM )
Personal correspondence ( LCGFT )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Coordinates:
-2.269444 x 40.902222

Notes

Abstract:
This section of MS 253028 contains 1 letter to Sheikh Alamin bin Ali Mazrui by Hichens thanking him for the Hadithi ya Barasisi. There follow 3 letters between Hichens and Kijumwa with information on Hamziyya, Utendi wa Ayubu, Mashairi ya Lyiongo, Al-Inkishafi, Hadithy ya Barasisi, et al. The section concludes with a letter to Mr Whitton by Hichens asking for the revision of a typescript, with the help of ‘some local Native authorities’. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical information: Muhammad Kijumwa was born circa 1855 in Lamu. He was a poet, scribe, performer, calligrapher, carpenter, taylor and sculptor who taught his daughter, Helewa, the craft of decorative woodcarving. He assisted many European scholars of Swahili literature, including William Taylor, Alice Werner, Carl Meinhof, H.E. Lambert, William Hichens, Ernst Dammann and John Williamson, and was a well-known member of Lamu society.
General Note:
Date of Composition: 1935 AD (1354 A.H.)
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Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
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Dialects: KiAmu
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From the Hichens Papers via Miss M.C. Bryan (gift), 23 February 1970
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Extent: 19 leaves
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Incipit: Illa jenab...wa bado barua yako na sjillingi orbaini zimewasiliya; ishrini nimempa mwenye Hamzia.
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VIAF (name authority) : Kijuma, Muhammad : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/43775563
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VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item is believed to be in the public domain
Resource Identifier:
MS 253028 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 253028e ( SOAS manuscript number )