Mashairi (ya Liyongo) (MS 210012a)
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Material Information

Title:
Mashairi (ya Liyongo) (MS 210012a)
Series Title:
Werner Collection
Creator:
Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary )
Werner, Alice, 1859-1935 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Handwritten manuscript : In blue and black ink and pencil on ruled paper; corresponding pages of MS 47708 are marked in blue ink to the right of text

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili poetry ( LCSH )
Oral tradition in literature ( LCSH )
Legends ( LCSH )
Kiswahili mashairi
Liongo Fumo ( DNB )
Fumo Liyongo
Muhammad bin Abu Bakr Kijumwa
Genre:
Poem
Utumbuizo
Poetry ( LCTGM )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Coordinates:
-2.269444 x 40.902222

Notes

Abstract:
This manuscript contains transliterations of poems in MS 47708, treating the first 14 pages of that manuscript. Although the present manuscript is entitled ‘Mashairi ya Liongo,’ no precise justification can be found in MS 47708 for this designation; MS 47708, while identifying various composers, appears to contain no mention of Liyongo. The transliterations in the present manuscript were apparently done by Alice Werner, on material she received from Muhammad Kijumwa. A note describes them as ‘only tentative’; and while they are generally faithful as letter-by-letter renderings, they often fail to represent the likely intended meaning of the Swahili - for there are complexities involved in the use of the Arabic alphabet. Using this manuscript with MS 47708 and bearing in mind the dictates of rhyme would help readers who wished to decipher the poems. See also the scope and content description for MS 47708. ( en )
General Note:
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 Liongo, see the field ‘relevant publication’.
General Note:
Date of Composition is unknown
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Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
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Poetic Form: Utumbuizo (bipartite long-measure verse)
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Extent: 1 vol.
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Incipit: Qal Mshika/ 1.) Vumiza pembe ya fili
General Note:
This is a transliteration of part of SOAS University of London manuscript MS 47708
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Liongo Fumo : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/225493124
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VIAF (name authority) : Werner, Alice, 1859-1935 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/32099140
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Manyara Region -- Siu District
General Note:
The Hichens Papers were donated to SOAS on 17 July 1967
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Scribe: Werner, Alice, 1859-1935
General Note:
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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Publication information: Muhammad bin Abu Bakr Kijumwa. 1962. Utenzi wa Fumo Liongo. Dar es Salaam: East African Swahili Committee.
General Note:
Publication information: Mbele, Joseph L. 1986. The Liongo Fumo epic and the scholars. Kiswahili 53 (1-2): 128-145

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
Resource Identifier:
MS 210012 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 210012a ( SOAS manuscript number )