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|a MS 54343 |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a MS 54343b |2 SOAS manuscript number |
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|a Swahili Tales-Vol. II (B) (MS 54343b) |h [electronic resource]. |
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|c circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.). |
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|a Taylor Papers : Swahili Tales. |
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|a Date of Composition: circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.) |
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|a Languages: Swahili (Roman script) |
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|a Purchased from Kegan Paul, 3 March 1948 |
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|a Incipit: Written from dictation by W E Taylor. Hadithi ya Bwana Jumaa bin Mbwana. Mombasa, March 25 1882 |
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|a See SOAS University of London manuscripts MS 193290 (Hichens collection) |
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|a An index of stories exists |
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|a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa |
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|a Publication information: Taylor, W. 1932. A Swahili tale in the dialect of Mombasa. Afrika und Ubersee, 24:1-14 |
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|a This item is believed to be in the public domain |
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|a This is part B of MS 54343 that, like the previous part, contains a collection of short stories (hadithi), proverbs and songs. Some of the hadithi contained here can be found in the Hichens collection (MS 193290), in typed version. On the first page there is a list of East African insects. The manuscript provides an Index to the stories with page numbers. The MS has been page numbered by Taylor. The stories were given to Taylor by Hamidi bin Muhammad and Jumaa bin Mbwana and they were transcribed by Taylor’s two main teachers, Mwalimu Sikujua and Bwana Hemedi. Among the literary material, there are also oral historical accounts of Mombasa and Unguja (p.79), that are referred as ‘maneno ya kweli’ (lit. true words i.e. historical facts). For instance, at page 29, there is an account of the town of Manda that it is now in ruins. And at page 50, there is a long account of the Mazrui dynasty. From page 61, the stories, songs, and proverbs are not listed in the initial Index. The list is as follow: - Hadithi ya Bwaratumu p.61 - Hadithi ya Harun Rashid p.63 - Kisa cha Mtu aliyekuwa na Mkewe na Dura wakwe p.69 - Hadithi ya Mwenye Kombo na Hamadi bin Jumaa p.72 - Hadithi ya Juhha aliyeitwa Mahammudu p.75 - Maneno ya kweli. Hadithi ya Mabruk bin Khamis na Mohammad bin Afwa p.78 - Hadithi ya watu wa Unguja p.79 - Hadithi ya Ahmad bin Mohammed (Paukwa na Kawa) p.100 - Nyimbo za watoto wakiteza siku kuu p. 134 - Hadithi ya Masikini p. 135 - Hadithi ya Sultani p. 138 - Nyimbo p. 143 It was not possible to describe all stories therefore the cataloguers have chosen to give details about one entitled ‘Kisa cha Sultani na waziri wakwe’ [wake]. The story is based on the Swahili traditional belief that among two people there is always one who has good intention (nia njema) but considered to be a fool, and another person who has a more clever and tricky mind but who is considered to be with bad intention. The story narrates of a Sultan who is advised by his minister to seize someone’s fruit plantation that has very juicy fruits. But, when the Sultan tries the squeeze the fruits no juice come out, so the Sultan does not want to seize the plantation anymore. Then, the fruits become juicy again, which metaphorically means that when there was the bad intention of seizing the plantation the fruits stopped producing juice, whereas when there was the good intention of leaving the land to its owner, the fruits produced a lot of juice. |
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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 Kenya |b Mombasa County |d Mombasa. |
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|a SOAS Digital Collections. |
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|a Swahili Manuscripts 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/LSMD000437/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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