Mashairi ya Bwana Bakari bin Mwengo (MS 53508e)
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Material Information

Title:
Mashairi ya Bwana Bakari bin Mwengo (MS 53508e)
Series Title:
Hichens Collection : Swahili Poetry
Creator:
Bwana Bakari bin bwana Mwengo ( Author, Primary )
Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten and typescript manuscript : Typescript with black ink; handwritten corrections with black and red ink

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Oral literature
Traditional songs
Kiswahili mashairi
Oral tradition in literature ( LCSH )
Folk songs, Swahili ( LCSH )
Folk songs ( LCSH )
Genre:
Songs ( LCTGM )
Shairi
Wimbo
Shayari
Nyimbo
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Coordinates:
-9.633997 x 39.778998

Notes

Abstract:
This section of MS 53508 contains a collection of traditional songs attributed to Bwana Bakari (bin Bw.) Mwengo. We do not have biographical information about this author, and Hichens seems to be unsure of his identity. In fact, he refers to him also as Abubakari b. Muhammad bw. Mwengo, also rendered as bw. Migu. However we can assume that he was the son of the famous poet Bwana Mwengo. These are traditional oral songs and we do not have their dates of composition as they were transmitted orally for many generations. Typical of this genre, the poem opens with the sounds of the drum that calls for the audience to gather, as noted in the previous item of this MS. For this collection too we can assume that the songs were transcribed by Muhammad Kijumwa who may have given them to Alice Werner, who gave them to Hichens, or given directly to Hichens by Muhammed Kijumwa. ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition is unknown
General Note:
Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
General Note:
Dialects: old Northern
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Poetic Form: Shairi - nyimbo (wimbo [singular], a song form of verse)
General Note:
Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948
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Extent: 21 leaves
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Incipit: Tinda kiyale ifane; taa itilahi nuru; wenye kuteza waone
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Kijuma, Muhammad : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/43775563
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
General Note:
Scribe: Kijuma, Muhammad

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 53508 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 53508e ( SOAS manuscript number )