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|a MS 380761 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 380761a |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Utenzi wa Kijumwa Kumuusia Mwanawe Bw Helewa (Siraji) (MS 380761a) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c [n.d.]. |
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|a Knappert Collection :. |
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|a Biographical information: Muhammad Kijumwa was born circa 1855 in Lamu. He was a poet, scribe, peformer calligrapher, carpenter, tailor and sculptor who taught his son, Helewa, the craft of decorative woodcarving. He assisted many Eurpoean scholars of Swahili literature, including William Taylor, Alice Werner, Carl Meinhof, H.E. Lambert, William Hichens, Ernst Dammann and John Williamson, and was a well-known character in Lamu |
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|a Date of Composition: 1927 AD1346 |
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|a Languages: Swahili (Roman script) |
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|a Dialects: KiAmu |
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|a Poetic Form: Utenzi |
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|a Extent: 10 leaves |
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|a Incipit: Keti hapa sikutiwe, Sina illa wewe, Na likupatalo uyuwe, babangu alinambia |
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|a See also SOAS University of London manuscript MS 380066a |
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|a Archival history: This manuscript was formerly part of MS 380526 |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Kijuma, Muhammad : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/43775563 |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island |
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|a Part of a collection purchased from Dr. J. Knappert in March 1993 |
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|a Publication information: Abou Egl, Mohammad. The life and works of Muhamadi Kijuma. Thesis submitted for the degree of PhD at SOAS, University of London |
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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 Muhammad Kijumwa wrote the utenzi to advise his only son, Helewa, on manners, etiquette and how, generally, to show respect for Other people and lead a good life. He called the poem Siraji, meaning ‘taa,’ lamp, to indicate its role in guiding the reader. The utenzi is somewhat unusual in that it does not centre on a religious, historical or mythical subject, or use the Qu’ran or Other Arabic writing as a primary source (although some verses from the Quran are quoted). Instead, in more than 200 stanzas, the author presents his own advice on daily behaviour: how to act while visiting someone’s home (‘do no take the lids off boxes to look inside’), for example, and how to order work from a craftsman (‘don’t tell him “do it for me at once” ‘); he also treats subjects such as relations with the poor and how to choose and behave towards a wife. The utenzi is important as an expression of Kijumwa’s own understanding of the world and of the social milieu of Lamu, in which Kijumwa was a notable and at times rather disreputable figure. Abou Egl (1983) discusses the poem and provides a complete translation. From his work the date of the poem is obtained. |
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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 Etiquette. |
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|a Customs and traditions. |
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|a Islam. |
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|a Religious belief. |
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|a Religious practice. |
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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 Mazoezi ya kidini. |
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|a Islam -- Customs and practices. |
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|a Manners and customs. |
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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 Kijuma, Muhammad, |e author, primary. |
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|a Kenya |b Lamu County |d Lamu |g Lamu 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/LSMD000370/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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