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|a MS 53508 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 53508e |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Mashairi ya Bwana Bakari bin Mwengo (MS 53508e) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.). |
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|a Hichens Collection : Swahili Poetry. |
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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: old Northern |
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|a Poetic Form: Shairi - nyimbo (wimbo [singular], a song form of verse) |
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|a Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948 |
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|a Extent: 21 leaves |
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|a Incipit: Tinda kiyale ifane; taa itilahi nuru; wenye kuteza waone |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Kijuma, Muhammad : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/43775563 |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast |
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|a Scribe: Kijuma, Muhammad |
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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 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. |
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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 Traditional songs. |
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|a Kiswahili mashairi. |
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|a Oral tradition in literature. |
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|a Folk songs, Swahili. |
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|a Folk songs. |
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|a Songs |2 LCTGM |
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|a Shairi. |
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|a Wimbo. |
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|a Shayari. |
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|a Nyimbo. |
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|a Bwana Bakari bin bwana Mwengo, |e author, primary. |
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|a Kijuma, Muhammad. |4 ctb |
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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 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/LSMD000246/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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|a African Collections |
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