SOAS - William Hichens Collection

Narrow Results By: Language Swahili ( 112 ) English ( 62 ) Nilamba ( 1 ) Creator [s.n.] ( 57 ) Hichens, William, -1944 ( 42 ) Kijuma, Muhammad ( 24 ) Al-Hinawy, Mbarak, Sheikh-Sir, 1896-1959 ( 13 ) Liongo Fumo ( 11 ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( 7 ) Abdallah ibn ʻAlī ibn Nāṣir ( 3 ) Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( 3 ) Muhyidin bin Sheikh bin Kahtan al-Waili ( 3 ) Said bin Abdallah Masu’ud ( 3 ) Show More >> Subject: Topic Swahili poetry ( 112 ) Kiswahili mashairi ( 105 ) Oral tradition in literature ( 48 ) Islam ( 46 ) Uislamu ( 46 ) Afrika, Mashariki - Historia ( 45 ) Africa, East -- History ( 44 ) East Africa -- History ( 44 ) Oral literature ( 40 ) Legends ( 29 ) Show More >> Subject: Geographic Area Africa ( 183 ) Swahili Coast ( 95 ) Kenya ( 74 ) Lamu ( 28 ) Lamu Island ( 24 ) Pate Island ( 24 ) Mombasa ( 21 ) Pate ( 16 ) Tanzania ( 11 ) Shanga ( 10 ) Show More >> Subject: Genre Poem ( 54 ) Poetry ( 54 ) Literature ( 35 ) Stories ( 34 ) Hadithi ( 33 ) Utenzi ( 30 ) Shairi ( 29 ) Shayari ( 29 ) Notes ( 28 ) Records (Documents) ( 28 ) Show More >>	81 Khabari ya Lamu (MS 53489f) Creator: Shaibu Faraji bin Ahmed al-Bakariy al-Lamuy ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1937 AD (1355 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Abdallah bin Hamed Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) 82 Khabari za Maisha na Matendo ya Bwana Muyaka (MS 263325a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Sikujua, Mwalimu ( contributor ) Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1938 AD (circa 1357 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Popular poetry Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Shairi Shayari Language: Swahili 83 Kikulacho ni Nguoni Mwako (MS 193290e) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Short stories Proverbs Oral literature Oral tradition in literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 84 Kisa cha Ha ji Paka (MS 193290) Publication Date: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 85 Kisa cha Imam na Mawali yakwe (MS 193290) Publication Date: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 86 Kisa cha Kijana Aliyekufiwa ni Mamaye (MS 193290b) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Short stories Fiction Oral literature Oral tradition in literature Moral values Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Translation Language: Swahili 87 Kisa cha Kijana na Babaye (MS 193290f) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Short stories Fiction Oral literature Oral tradition in literature Moral values Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Translation Language: Swahili 88 Kisa cha Mwinda na Nyuni (MS 193290k) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Short stories Fiction Oral literature Oral tradition in literature Moral values Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Translation Language: Swahili 89 Kisa cha wachawi wa Pemba (MS 193290) : Mali ya Pemba hwishia Publication Date: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 90 Kisa cha Yusuf (MS 228624a) Creator: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ) Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1937 AD (1356 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Islam Religious belief Religious history Imani za kidini Uislamu Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Egypt -- North Africa Genre: Poem Utenzi Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 91 Kitab al-Sulwa fi Akhbar Kulwa (MS 53501a) Creator: [s.n.] Walker, John ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1944? AD (1363? A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Eastern Africa -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island Genre: Essays (LCGFT) Language: English 92 Lamu and the War, 1939 -1941 (MS 53829m) Creator: Lawrence, A. A. M. ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1941 AD (circa 1360 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa, East East Africa Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Colonialism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 93 Lamu Ghosts and Devils and a Note on a Mosque (MS 53829g) Creator: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1927 ( Author, Primary ) Reddie, C. W. ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1941 AD (circa 1360 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa, East East Africa Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Colonialism Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) Language: English 94 Letters (MS 53489i) Creator: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1890s AD (circa 1307 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili language Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: English 95 Letters from Arthur E. Robinson (MS 53824b) Creator: Robinson, Arthur E. ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1938 AD (1357 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Africa, East East Africa Africa, East -- History East Africa -- History Afrika, Mashariki - Historia Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) 96 Letters to W. Hichens (MS 47797a) Creator: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali Mazrui ( contributor ) Muhammad bin Abdalla Rudeni ( contributor ) Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ) Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1907, 1933, 1935, 1936 AD (1325, 1352,1354, 1355 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili Literature Oral literature Swahili poetry Kiswahili mashairi Oral tradition in literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Letter Correspondence (LCTGM) Personal correspondence (LCGFT) Language: Swahili 97 Liongo Boy and Man (MS 205000b) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Liongo Fumo ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Oral literature Swahili poetry Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Language: Swahili 98 Liongo na Manga, and Other songs (MS 205000e) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Liongo Fumo ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Oral literature Swahili poetry Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Songs (LCTGM) Shairi Wimbo Shayari Nyimbo Language: Swahili 99 Liongo Saga (MS 53492a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Liongo Fumo ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1939 AD (1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Oral literature Swahili poetry Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Utumbuizo Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 100 Liongo Saga (MS 53493a) Creator: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ) Liongo Fumo ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1939 AD (1358 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Oral history Oral literature Swahili poetry Legends Kiswahili mashairi Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins Genre: Poem Utumbuizo Poetry (LCTGM) Language: Swahili

Khabari ya Lamu (MS 53489f)

Creator:: Shaibu Faraji bin Ahmed al-Bakariy al-Lamuy ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1937 AD (1355 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia; Abdallah bin Hamed
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)

Khabari za Maisha na Matendo ya Bwana Muyaka (MS 263325a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Sikujua, Mwalimu ( contributor ); Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1938 AD (circa 1357 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Popular poetry; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Shairi; Shayari
Language:: Swahili

Kikulacho ni Nguoni Mwako (MS 193290e)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Short stories; Proverbs; Oral literature; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Kisa cha Ha ji Paka (MS 193290)

Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Kisa cha Imam na Mawali yakwe (MS 193290)

Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Kisa cha Kijana Aliyekufiwa ni Mamaye (MS 193290b)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Short stories; Fiction; Oral literature; Oral tradition in literature; Moral values
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM); Translation
Language:: Swahili

Kisa cha Kijana na Babaye (MS 193290f)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Short stories; Fiction; Oral literature; Oral tradition in literature; Moral values
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM); Translation
Language:: Swahili

Kisa cha Mwinda na Nyuni (MS 193290k)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Short stories; Fiction; Oral literature; Oral tradition in literature; Moral values
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM); Translation
Language:: Swahili

Kisa cha wachawi wa Pemba (MS 193290) : Mali ya Pemba hwishia

Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Kisa cha Yusuf (MS 228624a)

Creator:: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ); Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1937 AD (1356 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Islam; Religious belief; Religious history; Imani za kidini; Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Egypt -- North Africa
Genre:: Poem; Utenzi; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Kitab al-Sulwa fi Akhbar Kulwa (MS 53501a)

Creator:: [s.n.]; Walker, John ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1944? AD (1363? A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Tanzania -- Lindi Region -- Eastern Africa -- Kilwa District -- Kilwa Kisiwani -- Kilwa Kisiwani Island
Genre:: Essays (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Lamu and the War, 1939 -1941 (MS 53829m)

Creator:: Lawrence, A. A. M. ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1941 AD (circa 1360 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa, East; East Africa; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Colonialism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Lamu Ghosts and Devils and a Note on a Mosque (MS 53829g)

Creator:: Clive, John Horace, Captain, fl. 1927 ( Author, Primary ); Reddie, C. W. ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1941 AD (circa 1360 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa, East; East Africa; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Colonialism
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Letters (MS 53489i)

Creator:: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1890s AD (circa 1307 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili language; Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: English

Letters from Arthur E. Robinson (MS 53824b)

Creator:: Robinson, Arthur E. ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1938 AD (1357 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Africa, East; East Africa; Africa, East -- History; East Africa -- History; Afrika, Mashariki - Historia
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)

Letters to W. Hichens (MS 47797a)

Creator:: Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary ); Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali Mazrui ( contributor ); Muhammad bin Abdalla Rudeni ( contributor ); Kijuma, Muhammad ( contributor ); Mazrui, Al-Amin Bin Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1907, 1933, 1935, 1936 AD (1325, 1352,1354, 1355 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili Literature; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Kiswahili mashairi; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Letter; Correspondence (LCTGM); Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Language:: Swahili

Liongo Boy and Man (MS 205000b)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Language:: Swahili

Liongo na Manga, and Other songs (MS 205000e)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1939 AD (circa 1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Songs (LCTGM); Shairi; Wimbo; Shayari; Nyimbo
Language:: Swahili

Liongo Saga (MS 53492a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1939 AD (1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Utumbuizo; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

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Liongo Saga (MS 53493a)

Creator:: Hichens, William, -1944 ( Author, Primary ); Liongo Fumo ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1939 AD (1358 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Oral history; Oral literature; Swahili poetry; Legends; Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:: Poem; Utumbuizo; Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

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