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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000442/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- This manuscript contains a poem attributed to Fumo Liyongo that is believed to celebrate his bride. The same poem with some variations may be found in MS 380548c. In this version, explanatory notes by Muhammad Kijumwa (which follow the poem) and sketches illuminate meaning on many (though not all) points. The most important textual difference between the two versions may be that the word ‘Yanga’ of 380548c here becomes ‘Manga’ (stanza 4) and ‘Mwanamanga’ (stanza 7), words that in this context suggest a woman from Arabia or Asia. Thus instead of asking Others to join in the praise of God (stanza 4), the poet asks them to join in praising his bride. Alice Werner’s transliteration of the poem follows the text and notes, which are in Arabic script. ( en,English,swahili,swahili,,, )
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- A poem in praise of the poet's wife in the original script by the hand of Muhammad Kijuma, with a transliteration in Latin script by Alice Werner
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- Incipit: بجيان باس پب یجمس کک متتس او من نیغ
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- Incipit: Pijiani nbasi, pembe ya jamsi, kwa cha mtutusi, au mwananinga
- 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 Liyongo, see the field ‘relevant publication’.
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- Date of Composition is unknown
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- Languages: Swahili (Arabic script) and Swahili (Roman script)
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- Poetic Form: Utumbuizo (bipartite long-measure verse)
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- Extent: 1 vol. (19 pages)
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- Incipit: Pijiani nbasi, pembe ya jamsi, kwa cha mtutusi, au mwananinga
- General Note:
- See also SOAS University of London manuscript MS 380548c (Knappert Collection), and MS 210013 and MS 380526 (Hichens Collection)
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- VIAF (name authority) : Liongo Fumo : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/225493124
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- VIAF (name authority) : Kijuma, Muhammad : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/43775563
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- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
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- Donated by Mrs E. Hichens, June 1945
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- Scribe: Kijuma, Muhammad
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- Publication information: Lambert, H.E. 1953. Ode to Mwana Manga. Swahili 23: 56-65.
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- Publication information: Werner, Alice. c. 1926-28. 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.
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- Mbele, Joseph L. 1986. The Liongo Fumo epic and the scholars. Kiswahili 53 (1-2): 128-145
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- VIAF (name authority) : Werner, Alice, 1859-1935 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/32099140
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- This text is believed to be in the public domain. Users, however, are advised to consider copyright issues related to Werner's transcription.
- Resource Identifier:
- MS 47795 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 47795a ( SOAS manuscript number )
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