Habari za Mrima na Habari za Mvita (PP MS 42. S/39-S/40)
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Material Information

Title:
Habari za Mrima na Habari za Mvita (PP MS 42. S/39-S/40)
Series Title:
Whiteley Collection : Swahili language and list of authors
Creator:
Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( Author, Primary )
Elkindy, Hyder Mohammed ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript with black and blue ink

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Africa, East -- History ( LCSH )
East Africa -- History
Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 ( LCNA )
Margareta, Crown Princess of Sweden, 1882-1920 ( LCNA )
Princess Margaret of Connaught (British princess)
Genre:
Essays ( LCGFT )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa -- Mvita Constituency
Coordinates:
-4.03735 x 39.66412

Notes

Abstract:
In this section there are two historical essays, respectively, about the Mrima region, situated in the north coast of Tanzania, and the town of Mombasa, referred as Mvita (old form). The essay on the Mrima region provides information about the various districts of the area, and about the customs and culture of the people, like wedding celebrations, and about the typical dance, ngoma. The essay on Mvita seems to have been written down from the radio programme ‘Sauti ya Mvita’ and it informs about the events of ‘Empire day’, a day celebrating the British Empire. A further essay is by Whiteley who discusses issues of Swahili verses and their thematic and prosodic developments. In S/40 there is a one page programme of the official visit of Princess Margaret to Arnautglu Community Centre in Dar-es-Salaam in 1956. The programme includes a loose page of poems in her honour. ( en )
General Note:
Date of Composition: 1954 AD (1373 A.H.)
General Note:
Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
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Dialects: KiMvita and KiMrima
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Extent: 27 leaves
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Incipit: Kilingo Kile, ni jina la utukufu Mrima katika nchi.
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Whiteley, Wilfred Howell : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/54248715
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa -- Mvita Constituency
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Kwale County -- Mrima Region
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania

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:
PP MS 42. S/38-S/48 ( SOAS manuscript number )
PP MS 42. S/39-S/40 ( SOAS manuscript number )