Shuhuda ya Mashairi ya Liongo (MS 53498b)
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Title:
Shuhuda ya Mashairi ya Liongo (MS 53498b)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection : Outline of Swahili Literature
Creator:
Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten manuscript : Written with black ink on old yellow paper

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Oral literature
Oral tradition in literature ( LCSH )
Kiswahili mashairi
Liongo Fumo ( DNB )
Fumo Liyongo
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Wimbo
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Shayari
Nyimbo
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Coordinates:
-2.135 x 41.06467

Notes

Abstract:
This section of MS 53498 contains poems by Fumo Liyongo given to Hichens by Alice Werner. The poems are divided into 34 sections (fungu). More comprehensive analysis of Liyongo Poems can be found in various manuscripts, including Mss 205000, 210012, 53492, 53493. ( 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: Northern
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Poetic Form: Shairi - nyimbo (wimbo [singular], a song form of verse)
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Extent: 40 leaves
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Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948
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Incipit: Fungu la Kwanza. Yatandi pembe ya ndovu, Kipambo chema cha yonga
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See SOAS University of London manuscripts Mss 205000, 210012, 53492, 53493
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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 -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu 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 53498 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 53498b ( SOAS manuscript number )