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

Title:
Correspondence with M. Kijumwa (MS 253028g)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection : Correspondence
Creator:
Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary )
Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten and 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 )
Africa, East ( LCSH )
East Africa
Africa, East -- History ( LCSH )
East Africa -- History
Kiswahili mashairi
Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Dammann, Ernst, 1904-2003 ( LCNA )
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 correspondence between Hichens and Mohammed Kijumwa regarding various Swahili literature items, including ‘Mshairi ya bibi binti Yusufu’, ‘Utendi wa Wajiwaji’, and ‘Hadithi ya Lyiongo’. This part includes a letter to Hichens by the German scholar Ernst Dammann about the life of Lyiongo. The last two letters are respectively from Kenya Colonial office and from the School of Oriental and African Studies regarding a manuscript of the History of Lamu by Sir A.C. Hollis, and a list of notebooks and papers. ( 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.
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Date of Composition: 1936 AD (1355 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: 20 leaves
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Incipit: Bismillahi. Ila jenab muyyedi 19a jil l-karim l-mukaram l-aqim Bana Hichens salaamu taha illahi wa baado kunrathi kulimatiya
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Kijuma, Muhammad : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/43775563
General Note:
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 253028g ( SOAS manuscript number )