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|a MS 53498 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 53498b |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Shuhuda ya Mashairi ya Liongo (MS 53498b) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c circa 1920 AD (circa 1338 A.H.). |
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|a Hichens Collection : Outline of Swahili Literature. |
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|a 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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|a Date of Composition is unknown |
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|a Languages: Swahili (Roman script) |
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|a Dialects: Northern |
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|a Poetic Form: Shairi - nyimbo (wimbo [singular], a song form of verse) |
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|a Extent: 40 leaves |
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|a Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948 |
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|a Incipit: Fungu la Kwanza. Yatandi pembe ya ndovu, Kipambo chema cha yonga |
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|a See SOAS University of London manuscripts Mss 205000, 210012, 53492, 53493 |
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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 -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu 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 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. |
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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 Swahili poetry. |
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|a Oral literature. |
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|a Oral tradition in literature. |
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|a Kiswahili mashairi. |
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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 Shairi. |
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|a Wimbo. |
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|a Poetry |2 LCTGM |
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|a Shayari. |
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|a Nyimbo. |
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|a Liongo Fumo, |e author, primary. |
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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/LSMD000223/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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|a African Collections |
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