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|a MS 47754 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 47754a |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Qala Liyongo na Mashairi ya Muyaka (MS 47754a) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c 1936 AD (1355 A.H.). |
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|a Taylor Papers : Swahili Poetry. |
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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’. -- Muyaka bin Haji lived in Mombasa between AD 1776-1840, and was one of the most outstanding poets of the mashairi genre. According to Abdulaziz (1979) Muyaka wrote some 150 poems of popular Swahili poetry, and the themes of his poetry touch on the cultural and political life of his community of that time. |
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|a Date of Composition is unknown |
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|a Languages: Swahili (Arabic script) and Swahili (Roman script) |
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|a Dialects: KiMvita |
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|a Poetic Form: Various |
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|a Extent: 13 leaves |
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|a Incipit: Index. Names of Authors |
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|a Donated by Mrs E. Hichens, 12 June 1945 |
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|a See SOAS University of London manuscripts MS 263325, MS 210013, MS 205000, MS 53492, and MS 53493 (Hichens collection) |
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|a Archival history: These scripts were purchased from Mrs Taylor by W. Hichens |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Liongo Fumo : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/225493124 |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/287869854 |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Shanga -- Shanga Ruins -- Pate Island |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa |
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|a Scribe: Sikujua, Mwalimu |
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|a Publication information: Muhammad bin Abu Bakr Kijumwa. 196-?. 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 Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1987. Four Centuries of Swahili Verse. Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, London. pp. 66-101 |
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|a Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1983. Epic Poetry in Swahili and Other African Languages. Ch 6. E.J. Brill, Leiden. pp.142-168 |
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|a Publication information: Hichens, W. 1940. Diwani ya Muyaka bin Haji al-Ghassaniy. University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. |
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|a Publication information: Abdulaziz, M.H. 1979 (repr. 1994). Muyaka 19th century Swahili Popular Poetry. Kenya Literature Bureau, Nairobi. |
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|a Publication information: Harries, L. 1962. Swahili Poetry. Oxford University Press, London. |
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|a Publication information: Harries, L. 1957. The Swahili Quatrain. Afrika und Ubersee, 41:67-72 |
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|a This item is believed to be in the public domain |
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|a In this first section of MS 47754 (Volume III of the Taylor papers) there is, first, an index of the poems contained in the whole volume, listed by the poems’ first line. However, the index contained here lists more poems than those actually included. This section contains poems attributed to the mythical character Fumo Liyongo, transcribed by Mwalimu Sikujua, and poems by the famous Mombasan poet Muyaka bin Haji al-Ghassaniy. |
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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 Swahili Literature. |
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|a Popular poetry. |
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|a Oral literature. |
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|a Oral history. |
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|a Legends. |
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|a Kiswahili mashairi. |
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|a Oral tradition in literature. |
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|a Poetry. |
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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 Poetry |2 LCTGM |
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|a Liongo Fumo, |e author, primary. |
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|a Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840. |4 ctb |
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|a Sikujua, Mwalimu. |4 ctb |
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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 W. E. Taylor Collection. |
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|a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections |
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|u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000395/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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