Swahili Traditional Histories and The Beni Dance Songs (PP MS 42. S/41-S/42)
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Title:
Swahili Traditional Histories and The Beni Dance Songs (PP MS 42. S/41-S/42)
Series Title:
Whiteley Collection : Swahili language and list of authors
Creator:
Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. (Greville Stewart Parker) ( Author, Primary )
Lambert, H. E. ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript with black ink

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Africa, East -- History ( LCSH )
East Africa -- History
Oral history ( LCSH )
Oral tradition in literature ( LCSH )
Swahili Literature ( LCSH )
Swahili songs
Oral literature
Correspondence
Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Songs, Swahili ( LCSH )
Folk songs, Swahili ( LCSH )
Oral tradition in literature ( LCSH )
Letters ( LCSH )
Genre:
Essays ( LCGFT )
Translation
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Coordinates:
-6.8 x 39.283333

Notes

Abstract:
The first item of this section contains the translation from German into English of Carl Velten’s book ‘Prosa und Poesie der Suaheli’ published in Berlin in 1907. The translation was done by G S P Freeman-Greville in Tanga, in 1958, and it was sent to Whiteley as shown in the covering letter accompanying the translation. The book is divided as follow: - The ancient history of Kilwa Kisiwani - The ancient history of Kilwa Kivinje - The ancient history of Lindi - The origins of Mikindani - The history of Sudi - The ancient history of Kionga - The ancient history of Dar es Salaam - The history of former times in Bagamoyo - The ancient history of Pangani - The history of Kisaki The second item is an essay on the Beni Dance songs by H E Lambert, with example of a Beni songs recorded in Nairobi in 1918, with verse-to-verse translation. ( en )
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Date of Composition: 1958, 1962 AD (1378, 1382 A.H.)
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Extent: 40 leaves
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Incipit: My dear Wilfrid, Here is my translation of the Histories in Velten.
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VIAF (name authority) : Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. (Greville Stewart Parker) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/34466448
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VIAF (name authority) : Lambert, H. E. : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/14836137
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Dar es Salaam
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kilwa Sultanate
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Tanga Region -- Tanga
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Mtwara Region -- Mtwara Urban District -- Mikindani
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kionga Triangle
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Pwani Region -- Bagamoyo
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Tanga Region -- Pangani District -- Pangani
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Morogoro Region -- Morogoro Rural District -- Mngazi Ward -- Kisaki
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Nairobi County -- Nairobi
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa
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Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Lindi Rural District -- Sudi
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Publication information: Velten C. 1907. Prosa und Poesie der Suaheli. Berlin.
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Publication information: Harries, L P. 1965. Swahili prose texts : a selection from the material collected by Carl Velten from 1876 to 1896. Oxford University Press

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item is likely protected by copyright. Its status has yet to be assessed.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 42. S/38-S/48 ( SOAS manuscript number )
PP MS 42. S/41-S/42 ( SOAS manuscript number )