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|a MS 53508 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 53508h |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Shairi la Mwana wa Gongwa (MS 53508h) |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 Biographical information: Liongo Fumo is a mythical Swahili poet and hero, and it is tought that he composed many oral songs and poems narrating about his life time, which is around the 12th and 13th century. |
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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: KiMvita |
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|a Poetic Form: Shairi |
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|a Purchased from Kegan Paul, 6 October 1948 |
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|a Incipit: Nisifu Mwana wa Gongwa mwenye umbo na tabia |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Liongo Fumo : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/225493124 |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa |
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|a Publication information: Knappert, J. 1979. Four centuries of Swahili verses. Heinemann, London, pp. 84-91. |
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|a Publication information: Muhammad bin Abu Bakr Kijumwa. 196-?. Utenzi wa Fumo Liongo. Dar es Salaam: East African Swahili Committee. |
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|a Publication information: Mbele, Joseph L. 1986. The Liongo Fumo epic and the scholars. Kiswahili 53 (1-2): 128-145. |
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|a Werner, Alice. 1928. The Swahili saga of Liyongo Fumo. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 4: 247-255 |
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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 poem is from Mombasa, originally referred as Gongwa. It is an old traditional poem attributed to the Liongo tradition by H E Lambert. According to Dammann this is an ode to a beautiful Arabian woman from Pate who was deserted by her husband when Liongo fell in love with her and composed the poem. It is written in old Kimvita, the dialect of Mombasa. |
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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 Traditional poetry. |
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|a Oral literature. |
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|a Legends. |
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|a Kiswahili mashairi. |
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|a Oral tradition in literature. |
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|a Folk poetry. |
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|a Liongo Fumo. |2 DNB |
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|a Fumo Liyongo. |
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|a Poem. |
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|a Shairi. |
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|a Poetry |2 LCTGM |
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|a Shayari. |
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|a Liongo Fumo, |e author, primary. |
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|a Kenya |b Mombasa County |d Mombasa. |
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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 Kenya Collection. |
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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/LSMD000249/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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|a African Collections |
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