Hadithi ya Liyongo, and Other poems (MS 53493b)
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Material Information

Title:
Hadithi ya Liyongo, and Other poems (MS 53493b)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection : Draft of the Liongo Saga
Creator:
Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary )
Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten and typescript manuscript : Green bounded book, typed and handwritten with black, blue and red ink.

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Oral history ( LCSH )
Oral literature
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Kiswahili mashairi
Oral tradition in literature ( LCSH )
Liongo Fumo ( DNB )
Fumo Liyongo
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Coordinates:
-2.135 x 41.06467

Notes

Abstract:
As noted in the previous record of this MS, this manuscript is the final draft copy of the material found in MS 53492. Therefore a more exhaustive description can be found in MS 53492. In this section we thus find the famous Hadithi ya Liongo, with an additional copy written in blue ink. Specific to this MS, we also find the following items: - a copy of an article by Alice Werner entitled ‘A traditional poem attributed to Liongo Fumo. With Notes on his Legend’; - 3 letters of correspondence between the British Museum, Hichens, and Alice Werner; - 1 page, in Swahili, about the Segeju people, in relation to Liyongo, from ‘Habari za Mrima’ by Sh. Ali bin Hemedi el-Buhuriy; - 3 leaves of the ‘Hadithi ya Liongo na Nduuyakwe Mdogo’, as told by Juma bin Mbwana. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical information: Liyongo Fumo 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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Date of Composition is unknown
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Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
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Dialects: KiAmu
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Poetic Form: Various
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Extent: 119 leaves
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Incipit: We have noted in the previous chapter how the history of Liyongo was recorded by the Swahili poets in more than one ancient hadithi
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See SOAS University of London manuscripts MS 205000 and MS 53492
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Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948
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VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982
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VIAF (name authority) : Liongo Fumo : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/225493124
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Shanga -- Shanga Ruins -- Pate Island
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Siu District
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Pate -- Pate Island
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Publication information: Muhammad bin Abu Bakr Kijumwa. 196-?. Utenzi wa Fumo Liongo. Dar es Salaam: East African Swahili Committee.
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Publication information: Mbele, Joseph L. 1986. The Liongo Fumo epic and the scholars. Kiswahili 53 (1-2): 128-145.
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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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Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1987. Four Centuries of Swahili Verse. Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, London. pp. 66-101
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Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1983. Epic Poetry in Swahili and Other African Languages. Ch 6. E.J. Brill, Leiden. pp.142-168

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 53493 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 53493b ( SOAS manuscript number )