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|a MS 380526 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 380526a |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Shairi la Fumo Liongo (MS 380526a) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c [n.d.]. |
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|a Knappert Collection : Swahili Verses. |
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|a Biographical information: Fumo Liyongo 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. For more information on Liyongo, see the field ‘relevant publication’. |
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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: Northern |
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|a Poetic Form: Utumbuizo (bipartite long-measure verse) |
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|a Extent: 8 leaves |
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|a Incipit: Pijani mpasi, Pembe ya jamusi, Kwa Chamtotoshi, Au Mwana ninga |
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|a See also SOAS University of London manuscripts MS 380548c, MS 47797, MS 210013 |
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|a Shanga is also known as Shagga |
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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 -- Lamu County -- Shanga -- Shanga Ruins -- Pate Island |
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|a Purchased from Dr. J. Knappert, 10 March 1993 |
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|a Publication information: Muhammad bin Abu Bakr Kijumwa. 1962. 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 Publication information: 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 section of MS 380526 contains the poem ‘Liyongo na Mmanga’ by Fumo Liyongo composed after his wedding in celebration of his wife. He evokes his wife’s physical features and celebrates the beauty of creation. It is a beautiful romantic poem derived from oral tradition, divided into 49 stanzas, with a copy. This poem is to be found in slightly different versions in MS 380548c, MS 47797 (Werner collection), and MS 210013a (Hichens collection). |
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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 Oral tradition in literature. |
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|a Legends. |
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|a Kiswahili mashairi. |
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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 Utumbuizo. |
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|a Poetry |2 LCTGM |
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|a Liongo Fumo, |e author, primary. |
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|a Kenya |b Lamu County |d Shanga |g Shanga Ruins |g Pate Island. |
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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 Jan Knappert Collection. |
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|a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections |
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|u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000316/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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|a African Collections |
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