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024 7    |a MS 53499 |2 SOAS manuscript number
024 7    |a MS 53499a |2 SOAS manuscript number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
041        |a eng |a swa
245 00 |a Diwani la Ujuzi wa Sawahili (MS 53499a) |h [electronic resource].
260        |c 1940 AD (circa 1358 A.H.).
490        |a Hichens Collection : Outline of Swahili Literature.
500        |a Date of Composition: 1940 AD (circa 1358 A.H.)
500        |a Languages: Swahili (Roman script) and English
500        |a Dialects: KiAmu; KiSiu and KiMvita
500        |a Extent: approx. 650 pages
500        |a Incipit: Africa Speaks. being a collection of the wit and wisdom, proverbs and everyday sayings of the Swahili speaking peoples of British Eastern Africa
500        |a Swahili dialect: KiMvita
500        |a Mshairi wa Amu was a poet from Lamu
500        |a Correspondence is in English
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/39558103
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/287869854
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Liongo Fumo : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/225493124
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Hichens, William, -1944 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/250560982
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
500        |a Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Siu District
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa
500        |a Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948
500        |a Scribe: Hichens, William, -1944
506        |a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
520 3    |a 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.
533        |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.
535 1    |a Archives and Special Collections.
650    0 |a Swahili Literature.
650    0 |a Swahili poetry.
650        |a Kiswahili mashairi.
650    7 |a Liongo Fumo. |2 DNB
650        |a Fumo Liyongo.
650        |a Mwalim Musa.
650        |a Sa’id b. Salim.
650        |a Mshairi wa Amu, Poet from Lamu.
650        |a Lowther Clarke.
650        |a Muyaka bin Haji.
655    4 |a Poem.
655    7 |a Songs |2 LCTGM
655    0 |a Short stories.
655    7 |a Poetry |2 LCTGM
655    7 |a Literature |2 LCTGM
700 1    |a Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali, |e author, primary.
700 1    |a Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840. |4 ctb
700        |a Liongo Fumo. |4 ctb
700        |a Sa’id bin Salim. |4 ctb
700        |a Mshairi wa Amu. |4 ctb
700 1    |a Hichens, William, -1944. |4 ctb
752        |a Kenya |b Lamu County |d Lamu |g Lamu Island.
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a African Collections.
830    0 |a Swahili Manuscripts Collections.
830    0 |a Kenya Collection.
830    0 |a Bantu Collections.
830    0 |a William Hichens Collection.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections
856 40 |u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000226/00001 |y Electronic Resource
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LS/MD/00/02/26/00001/00_likelyPUBLICdomainthm.jpg
997        |a African Collections


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