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024 7    |a PP MS 42. S/1-S/22 |2 SOAS manuscript number
024 7    |a PP MS 42. S/20-S/22 |2 SOAS manuscript number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Poems in KiMvita, KiPemba, KiAmu, KiUnguja, and KiMrima (PP MS 42. S/20-S/22) |h [electronic resource].
260        |c 1935-1954 AD (1354-1373 A.H.).
490        |a Whiteley Collection : Swahili language and list of authors.
500        |a Biographical information: Almughanni Abeid bin Mohammed, Nunu binti Majaliwa, M M Kihere, Salehe Kibwana, Mzee Waziri, S M H Mdanzi bin Hanasa, B A Mshorowa are poets from Zanzibar, Tanga, Lushot, and Pangani. Whereas, Mohamed bin Nasoro Bahari, Juma Yakuti Mwindi ya Konde, Suleiman bin Ali Mazrui, Hammad bin Khator, known as Sungura, Abdallah bin Salim el-Busaidi, Ali bin Said known as Kamange, and Sh Salim Ali are from Pemba, a traditionally famous place for the production of beautiful poetry. In fact, according to Whiteley (1958) Pemba verse has no equal along the whole of East African coast.
500        |a Date of Composition: 1935-1954 AD (1354-1373 A.H.)
500        |a Poetic Form: Shairi
500        |a Dialects: KiAmu; KiMvita and KiPemba
500        |a Extent: 192 leaves
500        |a Incipit: Allegorical verses. Collected in Mombasa from Ali bin Namaan
500        |a Swahili dialect: KiPemba
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Jahadhmiy, Ali bin Said bin Rashid, 1830-1910 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/305305470
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Pemba North -- Pemba Island
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Tanga Region -- Tanga
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro Region -- Moshi Urban District -- Moshi
500        |a Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa
500        |a Publication information: Whiteley, W H. 1958. The Dialects and Verse of Pemba. An Introduction. East African Swahili Committee, Makerere College, Kampala.
500        |a Publication information: Whiteley, W H. 1964. A Selection of African prose, Vol.1 Traditional oral texts, Vol.2 Written prose. Claredon Press, Oxford
500        |a Publication information: Dammann, E. 1943. Kurzlieder der Suaheli auf Lamu. Afrika und Ubersee, 33: 24-36
506        |a This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
520 3    |a In this section there are poems in the dialects of Mombasa (Kimvita), of the Lamu archipelago, and of the Islands of Pemba and Zanzibar and the Mrima region (Southern coast). S/20 contains four separate items. First, there is a collection of allegorical verses from Mombasa, in KiMvita, collected for Whiteley by Ali bin Namaan and Sayyid bin Ahmed bin Babu Kavani. Ali bin Namaan was the local representative of the colonial government in charge of collecting taxes from the African population, and not from the Other social categories, i.e. Arabs, Asians, and European. His title was that of ‘Chief’, because of his administrative duties. Sayyid bin Ahmed was from the area of Kavani and was also helping Whiteley in collecting Swahili poems. Most poems, mashairi, are of a single four-line stanza, and they have English translations attached; some poems have two versions of English translation, in order to try to be more faithful to the original text. Also, words peculiar to KiMvita are rendered in Standard Swahili. For instance, in the first poem, the verb ku-uza in KiMvita is rendered as ku-uliza in the Standard form. Among the poems, we noted that at page 6 there is a poem in KiNyika, rather than in KiMvita, with English translation. And, the only rather long poem is at page 19, and it is a well-known poem, still in the shairi form, by unknown author, in which the people of Zanzibar verbally attack the people of Pemba by saying that they used to be a very proud people and now they have become very poor and had to sell all their wealth, even the things of little value, like kitchen tools. The following two items contain poems from Lamu. The item called ‘Some Kiamu extracts’ contains short mashairi, with some difficult words translated. The second item contains the poem ‘Shairi la kumsifu bibi’, an ode to a beautiful girl, by Mohamed bin Nasoro Bahari, dated 1953, and a long poem entitled ‘Juma’a na Taradadi’ by unknown author, narrating about a man complaining that his country has been taken by the Belgian, which made us assume that it is a poem about the colonial situation in Congo, Central Africa, in relation to trade with East Africa. The Swahili and Arabs slave traders used to trade up to Congo, and perhaps this poem is about the difficulty of the continuation of trade in the area after the arrival of the Belgian. The author complains that he has now become poor and also that the Muslim flag has been taken down. This is followed by a love poem by Juma Yakuti Mwindi ya Konde, dated 1935. This is followed by a poem presented in the form of a conversation between two people, referred as A and B. A wants B to marry a girl who he has left and after a few days to leave her so that A may marry her himself. The authors of this poem are Suleiman bin Ali Mazrui and Hammad bin Khator, known as Sungura. The latter poet is actually from Pemba, and not from Lamu. Afterward, there is a poem from Pemba by Abdallah bin Salim el-Busaidi entitled ‘Paka Shume’ also presented in the form of a dialogue between A (Abdallah, the author) and K (Ali bin Said known as Kamange, also a poet from Pemba) discussing relationships with women. According to Whiteley (1958), the word ‘Kamange’ refers to the leader of a troop of monkeys, who as is well known work by night, and this undoubtedly refers to Ali’s exploits in love. This section ends with further short poems by Juma Yakuti Mwindi, Khamid bin Khator-Sungura, and Sh Salim Ali, from Pemba. The final item contains a list of words in the dialects mentioned above, with English translation. In S/21, contains the typescript version of most of the poems contained in the previous envelope, S/20. There are in fact typed copies of ‘Shairi la kumsifu bibi’, ‘Jama’a na taradadi’, the poems about two friends referred as A and B, and ‘Paka Shume’, the dialogue between Abdallah bin Salim el-Busaidi and Kamange. And in S/22 there are poems from what is generally referred as southern Swahili coast, and specifically from Zanzibar and Tanga. First, there is a collection of poems by Almughanni Abeid bin Mohammed, from Zanzibar, entitled ‘Saidi Wamsudi’, ‘Nimekufahamu’, ‘Awali Nawanza’, ‘Na Maradhi’, ‘Muadhamu’, ‘Ah Mai Diar’, ‘Cheusi’, ‘Allahu Rabbi Labbeka’, ‘Takadiri na Syasa’, ‘Bun Khamis bin Majungu’, and ‘Kamwambiye ndugu yangu’ Then there is the poem ‘Hirizi ya shilingi mia’ by Nunu binti Majaliwa, from Malangali, with a reply to the poem by M M Kihere, from Tanga. Also, there are poems by Salehe Kibwana, from Lushoto, Tanga; by Mzee Waziri from Moshi; by S M H Mdanzi bin Hanasa, by B A Mshoro from Pangani, and finally a few poems by unknown authors. The poems are all undated, but given the type of language they appear to be relatively modern.
533        |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.
535 1    |a Archives and Special Collections.
650    0 |a Swahili poetry.
650    0 |a Swahili Literature.
650    0 |a Swahili language -- Dialects.
650    0 |a Linguistics.
650        |a Kiswahili mashairi.
650        |a bin Naaman, Ali.
650        |a Sayyid bin Ahmed bin Babu Kavani.
655    4 |a Shairi.
655    4 |a Shayari.
700        |a Mohamed bin Nasoro Bahari, |e author, primary.
700        |a Juma Yakuti Mwindi ya Konde. |4 ctb
700        |a bin Ali Mazrui, Suleiman. |4 ctb
700 1    |a Jahadhmiy, Ali bin Said bin Rashid, 1830-1910. |4 ctb
700        |a Salim Ali, Sheik. |4 ctb
700        |a Nunu binti Majaliwa. |4 ctb
700 1    |a Kihere, M. M.. |4 ctb
700 1    |a Kibwana, Salehe. |4 ctb
700        |a Mzee Waziri. |4 ctb
700        |a S M H Mdanzi bin Hanasa. |4 ctb
700        |a B A Mshoro. |4 ctb
700        |a Almughanni Abeid bin Mohammed. |4 ctb
752        |a Kenya |b Lamu County |d Lamu |g Lamu Island.
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a African Collections.
830    0 |a Swahili Manuscripts Collections.
830    0 |a Kenya Collection.
830    0 |a Bantu Collections.
830    0 |a W. H. Whiteley Collection.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c African Collections
856 40 |u http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000458/00001 |y Electronic Resource
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997        |a African Collections


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