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|a MS 53492 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 53492a |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Liongo Saga (MS 53492a) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c 1939 AD (1358 A.H.). |
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|a Hichens Collection :. |
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|a Biographical information: Fumo Liyongo is a mythical Swahili poet and hero, and it is tought that he composed many oral songs and poems narrating about his life time, which is around the 12th and 13th century. For more information on Liyongo, see the field ‘relevant publication’. |
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|a Date of Composition is unknown |
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|a Languages: Swahili (Roman script) |
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|a Dialects: KiAmu |
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|a Poetic Form: Utumbuizo (bipartite long-measure verse) |
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|a Extent: 165 leaves |
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|a Incipit: The Life and Works of Liongo Fumo wa Ba-Uriy, prince, poet and warrior, the national hero of the Swahili people |
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|a See SOAS University of London manuscripts MS 205000 and MS 53493 |
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|a Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948 |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982 |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Liongo Fumo : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/225493124 |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Shanga -- Shanga Ruins -- Pate Island |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Siu District |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Pate -- Pate Island |
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|a Publication information: Muhammad bin Abu Bakr Kijumwa. 196-?. Utenzi wa Fumo Liongo. Dar es Salaam: East African Swahili Committee. |
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|a Publication information: Mbele, Joseph L. 1986. The Liongo Fumo epic and the scholars. Kiswahili 53 (1-2): 128-145. |
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|a Publication information: Werner, Alice. 1928. The Swahili saga of Liyongo Fumo. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 4: 247-255. |
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|a Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1987. Four Centuries of Swahili Verse. Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, London. pp. 66-101 |
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|a Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1983. Epic Poetry in Swahili and Other African Languages. Ch 6. E.J. Brill, Leiden. pp.142-168 |
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|a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed. |
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|a This manuscript contains the same material as MS 205000 and MS 53493. An extensive description can be found in MS 205000, and here we have divided the volume into two main sections. In this first section, there is an historical description by W. Hichens of the Liyongo saga, with extracts from songs attributed to Liyongo, used as explanation and examples, as well as pictures illustrating the area and the people of the Lamu archipelago. Some pictures refer specifically to the poems discussed. W. Hichens, in the table of contents, divides this section into the introduction and chapters 1 and 2, which he entitles: - Introduction: The Liongo Tradition and its sources - Chapter 1: Liongo, his birth, parentage and early life - Chapter 2: The accession to Shanga; Liongo’s conquests; the plots against him; his assassination and death. In order to provide historical information on the life and works of Liyongo, Hichens uses extracts from Liongo songs and poems, like, for instance, ‘Hadithi ya Liongo’, ‘Sifu Uta Wangu, ‘Dungeon Song’, ‘Wedding songs’, and the ‘Warrior’s Song’. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |c Archives and Special Collections, |d 2016. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Archives and Special Collections. |
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|a Oral history. |
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|a Oral literature. |
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|a Swahili poetry. |
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|a Legends. |
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|a Kiswahili mashairi. |
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|a Oral tradition in literature. |
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|a Liongo Fumo. |2 DNB |
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|a Fumo Liyongo. |
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|a Poem. |
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|a Utumbuizo. |
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|a Poetry |2 LCTGM |
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|a Hichens, William, -1944, |e author, primary. |
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|a Liongo Fumo. |4 ctb |
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|a Kenya |b Lamu County |d Shanga |g Shanga Ruins |g Pate Island. |
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|a SOAS Digital Collections. |
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|a African Collections. |
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|a Swahili Manuscripts Collections. |
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|a Kenya Collection. |
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|a Bantu Collections. |
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|a William Hichens Collection. |
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|a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections |
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|u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000205/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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|a African Collections |
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