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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000340/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- 29 Swahili Love Songs (MS 380546a)
- Series Title:
- Knappert Collection :
- Creator:
- Abedi, Bakari ( Author, Primary )
Nassir, Ahmad ( contributor )
- Publication Date:
- circa 1966 AD (circa 1386 A.H.)
- Language:
- Swahili
- Materials:
- Paper ( medium )
- Technique:
- Handwritten manuscript : Written in ink of various colours on ruled paper, in an exercise book with red covers. Contains one loose page
Notes
- Abstract:
- This manuscript contains a collection of poems in the ‘wimbo’ form. While they reflect the formal competence of their authors, these poems are not outstanding examples of ‘nyimbo’ in terms of content. These poems, or songs, are written in the contemporary Swahili of Mombasa, which, unlike the comparatively more classical Kimvita, distinctly reflects the influence of southern Swahili dialects. The modernity of the poems is also reflected by such usages as ‘petroli’ in poem 11. More subtly, it is suggested by such usages as that of ‘tufaha’ in poem 17 - the apple not being a fruit traditionally used as a vehicle for metaphors in Swahili love poems -- and perhaps even in the first line of poem 7: ‘nenda wendako usinidhihaki.’ In this latter instance, ‘nenda wendako,’ while grammatically faultless, sits imperfectly alongside ‘usinidhihaki’ in terms of the sense of the line. One might instead expect to hear a phrase such as ‘nenda zako’ with ‘usinidhihaki’; or, retaining ‘nenda wendako,’ a line such as ‘nenda wendako utanikumbuka.’ The manuscript contains explanatory notes in English and Swahili and references to the Michenzani Musical Club, which probably performed some of these songs. The date 1966 is obtained from the final poem, the only one attributed to Ahmad Nassir bin Juma. ( en )
- General Note:
- Date of Composition: circa 1966 AD (circa 1386 A.H.)
- General Note:
- Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
- General Note:
- Dialects: KiMvita
- General Note:
- Poetic Form: Shairi - nyimbo (wimbo [singular], a song form of verse)
- General Note:
- Extent: 1 exercise book
- General Note:
- Incipit: Rabi sinipe mapenzi na wapendwao hakuna
- General Note:
- KiMvita is sometimes known as KiMombasa
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Nassir, Ahmad : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/17308450
- General Note:
- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa
- General Note:
- Purchased from Dr. J. Knappert, 15 March 1993
- General Note:
- Publication information: Knappert, J. 1967. Swahili Songs. Afrika und Ubersee, 50:163-172.
- General Note:
- Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1975. Swahili proverbs and songs. Afrika und Ubersee, 59:105-112
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 380546 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 380546a ( SOAS manuscript number )
419630139 ( OCLC )
470804 ( ALEPH )
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