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|a MS 380531 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 380531a |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona (MS 380531a) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c [n.d.]. |
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|a Knappert Collection :. |
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|a Biographical information: Mwana Kupona binti Msham, 1790-1860, was a native of Pate who lived in Lamu. She married Bwana Mataka, who belonged to an old Siu family; he was the son of Sheikh Baraka bin Muhammadi bin Omari. On her deathbed, Mwana Kupona dictated her poem to her only daughter, for whose instruction it was composed. Her daughter, who was known in Lamu as Mwana Heshima binti Sheikh, lived from 1841 to 1933. |
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|a Date of Composition: 1858 AD1275 |
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|a Languages: Swahili (Roman script) |
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|a Poetic Form: Utenzi |
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|a Extent: 4 leaves (55 stanzas) |
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|a Incipit: Negema wangu binti, mchechefu wa sanati, upulike wa siati, asaa ukazingatia |
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|a The poem is incomplete. See SOAS University of London manuscript MS 53508c |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/55052255 |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Pate -- Pate Island |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Shela |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island |
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|a Purchased from Dr. J. Knappert, March 1993 |
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|a Publication information: Allen, J.W.T. 1971. Tendi. London: Heinemann Educational, pp. 55-78. |
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|a Publication information: Biersteker, Ann. 1991. Language, poetry and power: a reconsideration of Utendi wa Mwana Kupona. In Faces of Islam in African Literature, ed. by Kenneth Harrow, pp. 59-77. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann; and London: James Currey. |
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|a Publication information: Harries, Lyndon. 1962. Swahili Poetry. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 70-86. |
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|a Publication information: Hichens, William and Alice Werner. 1934. Advice of Mwana Kupona upon the Wifely Virtue. Medstead, Hampshire: Azania Press. |
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|a Publication information: Sheikh, Amina Abubakar and Ahmed Sheikh Nabhany (eds). 1972. Utendi wa Mwana Kupona na Utendi wa Ngamia na Paa. (Sanaa Ya Utungo I). Nairobi: Heinemann. |
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|a Publication information: Mulokozi, M.M. 1999. Tenzi Tatu za Kale. University of Dar-es-Salaam Press. |
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|a Publication information: Khatib, M.S. 1985. Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona. Mulika, 17, 46-52. |
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|a Publication information: Senkoro, F.E. M. K. 1988. Mwana Kupona Nana: Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona. In Ushairi: Nadharia na Tahakiki. Dare-es-Salaam University Press. |
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|a Publication information: Werner, Alice. 1917. The Utendi of Mwana Kupona. Harvard African Studies 1: 147-181 |
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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 is an incomplete typescript of the Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona, in which Mwana Kupona binti Msham (a resident of Lamu and native of Pate) advises her daughter, Mwana Heshima binti Sheikh. The typescript contains many errors. |
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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 Islam. |
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|a Gender role. |
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|a Sex role. |
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|a Marriage. |
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|a Religious belief. |
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|a Religious practice. |
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|a Social structure. |
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|a Education of women. |
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|a Swahili poetry. |
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|a Imani za kidini. |
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|a Uislamu. |
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|a Kiswahili mashairi. |
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|a Faith. |
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|a Elimu ya wanawake. |
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|a Mazoezi ya kidini. |
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|a Islam -- Customs and practices. |
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|a Women -- Education. |
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|a Women -- Education. |
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|a Mwana Heshima binti Sheikh. |
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|a Poem. |
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|a Utenzi. |
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|a Poetry |2 LCTGM |
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|a Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860, |e author, primary. |
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|a Kenya |b Lamu County |d Pate |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/LSMD000325/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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