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|a MS 47755 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 47755b |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA |
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|a Poems and Songs (MS 47755b) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c circa 1890 AD (circa 1307 A.H.). |
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|a Taylor Papers : Swahili Scripts and Transliterations. |
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|a Biographical information: The author of the famous poem Al-Inkishafi is generally agreed to have been Sayyid Abdalla bin Sayyid Ali bin Nasir.His father, Ali bin Nasir, was the great grandson of Sheikh Abubakar bin Salim, mentioned in a version of the Pate Chronicle as a Sharif (descendant of the Prophet) from Arabia. Sayyid Abdalla lived and composed his poetry in Pate during the 19th century. -- Liongo Fumo 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’. -- The cataloguers were unable to find biographical information about Bwana Malenga. The word Malenga literally means a good poet, however used without Bwana. Therefore, the name of this author could be an euphemism. -- Abdalla bin Hemed al-Mazrui was a reknown poet from Mombasa belonging to the Mazrui dynasty. |
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|a Date of Composition is unknown |
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|a Languages: Swahili (Arabic script) |
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|a Dialects: KiMvita |
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|a Poetic Form: Various |
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|a Extent: 50 leaves |
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|a Incipit: Punguliani mahisi. Ai Kilifi Kilifi |
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|a For poems by Bwana Malenga see SOAS University of London manuscript MS 53507 (Hichens); for Al-Inkishafi see Mss 47770, 256191, 253029, 196884 (Hichens), 380548 (Knappert); and, for Liongo poems see Mss 47754 (Taylor), 53492, 53493, 53498, 205000, 210012, 210013, 210015, 380526, 380548 (Hichens and Werner) |
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|a An Index to the first line of each poem exists |
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|a VIAF (name authority) : Liongo Fumo : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/225493124 |
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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 Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Pate -- Pate Island |
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|a Publication information: Sayyid Abdallah A. Nasir. 1972 (1939). Al-Inkishafi: The Soul’s Awakening. Trans. and ed. by William Hichens. Nairobi: Oxford University Press. |
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|a Publication information: Sayyid Abdallah A. Nasir. 1977. Al-Inkishafi: Catechism of a Soul. Trans. and ed. by J. de Vere Allen. Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau. |
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|a Publication information: Hichens, W. 1939. Al-Inkishafi. London: Sheldon Press |
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|a Publication information: Allen R. 1946. Inkishafi-A Traslation from the Swahili. African Studies, 5, pp.243-249 |
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|a Publication information: Harris, L. 1962. Swahili Poetry. Clarendon Press: Oxford, pp.86-102 |
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|a Publication information: Mlamali, Mh. Wa. 1980. Ikisiri ya Inkishafi. Nairobi: Longman |
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|a Publication information: Hamza Mustafa Njozi. 1998. The use of Ambiguity in Al-Inkishafi. Afrika und Ubersee, band 81, pp. 227-238. |
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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 This item is believed to be in the public domain |
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|a This section, referred in the MS as Section D, contains poems and songs by Fumo Liongo, Bwana Malenga, Sayyid Abdallah A. Nasir, and Abdalla bin Hamed al-Mazrui. The section begins with an index of poems by means of first lines. The first poems are attributed to the mythical hero Fumo Liongo. Generally, the poems by Liongo are poetic songs however in this collection the main researcher considers them to be poems and not songs. Among the Liongo poems there are a few poems by Bwana Malenga al-Kilify, and finally the famous religious poem ‘Al-Inkishafi’ by Sayyid Abdallah A Nasir. The ‘Al-Inkishafi’ is here presented with notes on the side of most pages written by Taylor in Arabic script. Taylor here uses the scribing system that he had invented when he was in Mombasa at the end of the 19th century. The last poem is a poetic song (nyimbo) by Abdalla bin Hamed al-Mazrui. |
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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 Songs. |
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|a Oral literature. |
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|a Swahili Literature. |
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|a Legends. |
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|a Religous poetry. |
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|a Religious belief. |
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|a Islam. |
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|a Mazrui family. |
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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 Oral tradition in literature. |
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|a Religion and poetry. |
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|a Mazrui family. |2 NLI |
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|a Mazru'i dynasty. |
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|a WaJomvu. |
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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 Bwana Malenga al-Kilify. |4 ctb |
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|a Ali Nasir, Sayyid Abdallah, fl. 1750. |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/LSMD000403/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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