Diwani la Ujuzi wa Sawahili (MS 53499a)
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Material Information

Title:
Diwani la Ujuzi wa Sawahili (MS 53499a)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection : Outline of Swahili Literature
Creator:
Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( Author, Primary )
Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( contributor )
Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Sa’id bin Salim ( contributor )
Mshairi wa Amu ( contributor )
Hichens, William, -1944 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescripts and handwriten notes on the side : This well preserved mss is a bound green book

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili Literature ( LCSH )
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Kiswahili mashairi
Liongo Fumo ( DNB )
Fumo Liyongo
Mwalim Musa
Sa’id b. Salim
Mshairi wa Amu, Poet from Lamu
Lowther Clarke
Muyaka bin Haji
Genre:
Poem
Songs ( LCTGM )
Short stories ( LCSH )
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Literature ( LCTGM )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Coordinates:
-2.269444 x 40.902222

Notes

Abstract:
This manuscript is an anthology of Swahili literature by means of a selection of the most important poems, songs, short stories, et. al. It contains poems from the famous poet Muyaka bin Haji and the mythical hero of oral literature,Fumo Liyongo , amongst Others. William Hichens was aiming to publish it in his Azania Press but we have no record of the actual publication. ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition: 1940 AD (circa 1358 A.H.)
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Languages: Swahili (Roman script) and English
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Dialects: KiAmu; KiSiu and KiMvita
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Extent: approx. 650 pages
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Incipit: Africa Speaks. being a collection of the wit and wisdom, proverbs and everyday sayings of the Swahili speaking peoples of British Eastern Africa
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Swahili dialect: KiMvita
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Mshairi wa Amu was a poet from Lamu
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Correspondence is in English
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VIAF (name authority) : Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/39558103
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VIAF (name authority) : Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/287869854
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VIAF (name authority) : Liongo Fumo : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/225493124
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VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
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Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Siu District
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa
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Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948
General Note:
Scribe: Hichens, William, -1944

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 53499 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 53499a ( SOAS manuscript number )