Love songs and Waadhi (MS 41960b)
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Title:
Love songs and Waadhi (MS 41960b)
Series Title:
Taylor Papers : Swahili Verses
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten manuscript : 1 Bound volume with red cover; the long pages are folded into three parts

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Songs ( LCSH )
Oral literature
Islam ( LCSH )
Religious belief
Religious poetry ( LCSH )
Imani za kidini
Uislamu
Kiswahili mashairi
Faith ( LCSH )
Oral tradition in literature ( LCSH )
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Wimbo
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Shayari
Nyimbo
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Zanzibar -- Zanzibar City
Coordinates:
-6.16394 x 39.19793

Notes

Abstract:
This section of MS 41960 contains a few love songs, a few wadhi, and two short poems (mashairi). Each stanza of the love songs consists of one line only, with 3 vipande per line. The first song has 10 stanzas. The second song seems at first a continuation of the previous one, but it is rather different. It begins with ‘Nalikuota ndotoni tukiteza kiwandani nanangu nakutamani’ and tells of a dream. Here too the song begin in the middle of the long folded page, and it can be difficult to see when a new song begins. After the songs, we find a few short religious poems, waadhi. One, in particular, narrates of how the world is deceiving people, ‘inadhaa dunia’, and what we should do to avoid being misled. Finally, there are two related poems, mashairi, about the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. In the first, the people of Zanzibar make complains about the people of Pemba. In the second, the people of Pemba respond to the accusations. Although, the poems ares set in the southern Swahili area, the scribe uses the northern dialect. ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition is unknown
General Note:
Languages: Swahili (Arabic script)
General Note:
Dialects: Northern
General Note:
Poetic Form: Shairi - nyimbo (wimbo [singular], a song form of verse)
General Note:
Extent: 1 folded long leaf
General Note:
Incipit: Kwanda tawapa khabari zilo ndani mwa swadiri nanyi munipe shauri
General Note:
Donated by Yahya Ali Omar
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Zanzibar City
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Pemba North -- Pemba Island

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item is believed to be in the public domain
Resource Identifier:
MS 41960 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 41960b ( SOAS manuscript number )