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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000225/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- This last long section of MS 53498 contains a large collection of short songs collected for Hichens and transliterated by Muhammad Kijumwa. The songs are referred as ‘Qala’ that means ‘He said’ in Arabic. The authors are not named. The poems are written mainly with pencil and many corrections appear on the text, in either red pencil or black and blue ink. ( en )
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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: Shairi - nyimbo (wimbo [singular], a song form of verse)
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- Extent: half volume
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- Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948
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- Incipit: First translit of Ushuhuda by Muhammad Kijumwa Abubakari of Lamu
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- See SOAS University of London manuscripts MS 53495, MS 53490, and MS 53491
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- VIAF (name authority) : Kijuma, Muhammad : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/43775563
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- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
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- Scribe: Kijuma, Muhammad
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- Publication information: Knappert, J. 1979. Four Centuries of Swahili Verse. Heinemann, London.
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- Publication information: Harries, L. 1962. Swahili Poetry. Oxford University Press, London
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 53498d ( SOAS manuscript number )
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