Makame na Midhe (MS 380059b)
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Material Information

Title:
Makame na Midhe (MS 380059b)
Series Title:
Knappert Collection : Collection of Kimai and Wawe
Creator:
[s.n.]
Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten manuscript : In blue ink on ruled paper

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Oral tradition in literature ( LCSH )
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Kiswahili mashairi
Genre:
Poem
Utumbuizo
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Somalia -- Eastern Africa -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands
Coordinates:
-0.75 x 42.25

Notes

Abstract:
This poem is another version of the one contained in MS 380741. It is shorter than the poem of MS 380741, and unlike that poem it contains two lines referring to a ship, ‘jahazi.’ These occur near the poem’s end, when the young woman’s mOther speaks of her daughter’s ruin. Perhaps these lines were interpolated by informants in an attempt to make ‘Makame na Midhe’ seem thematically aligned to the fishers’ songs, kimai, that precede it; or perhaps they may be differently explained. The poem’s scribe and collector, in any case, suggests that ‘Makame na Midhe,’ like the poem that follows it, is essentially unrelated to the kimai of MS 380059a. ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition is unknown
General Note:
Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
General Note:
Dialects: KiGunya; KiTikuu and KiBajuni
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Poetic Form: Utumbuizo (bipartite long-measure verse)
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Extent: 7 pages
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Incipit: Unani makame unani, kichandani waiyonga
General Note:
T’ikuu is a reference to the Bajuni Islands. T'ikuu, or Tikuu, alternately Tikulu, means 'islander'
General Note:
Kizingitini is also sometimes spelled Kisingitini
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See also SOAS University of London manuscript MS 380741
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Somalia -- Lower Juba Region -- Bajuni Islands
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya
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Purchased from Dr. J. Knappert, August 1979
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Scribe: Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008
General Note:
Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1973. A Gungu song in the Gunya dialect. Afrika und Ubersee 56: 185-200

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item is likely protected by copyright. Its status has yet to be assessed.
Resource Identifier:
MS 380059 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 380059b ( SOAS manuscript number )