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29 Swahili Love Songs (MS 380546a)
29 Swahili Love Songs (MS 380546a)
Creator:
Abedi, Bakari ( Author, Primary )
Nassir, Ahmad ( contributor )
Publication Date:
circa 1966 AD (circa 1386 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Nyimbo
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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Fragment of Utenzi wa Ndiwa na Kozi (MS 380066d)
Fragment of Utenzi wa Ndiwa na Kozi (MS 380066d)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Faraji Bwana Mkuu ( contributor )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Islam
Philosophy
Uislamu
Gabriel (Archangel)
Jibril
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Kadhi na Haramiya
Kadhi na Haramiya
Creator:
Kijuma, Muhammad
Omar, Yahya Ali ( scribe )
Publication Date:
1966
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Islam
Swahili poetry
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu -- Lamu
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi (poetic form)
Language:
Swahili
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Kisa cha Miiraji (MS 380747a)
Kisa cha Miiraji (MS 380747a)
Creator:
Jambein Al-Bakry, Mohamed, Sheikh ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Islam
Religious practice
Religious belief
Swahili language
Poetry
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Kumswifu Tumwa Muhammadi (MS 380759b)
Kumswifu Tumwa Muhammadi (MS 380759b)
Creator:
Shariff Abdallah bin Hemed Bunamey ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Kilifi County -- Eastern Africa -- Takaungu
Genre:
Poem
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Kumuombea Sheikh Mbaraka Ali Hinawy (MS 380760b)
Kumuombea Sheikh Mbaraka Ali Hinawy (MS 380760b)
Creator:
Sheikh Mohamed bin Nasor Shaqsi ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:
Poem
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Letters on Purgatori au Tohara (MS 380535b)
Letters on Purgatori au Tohara (MS 380535b)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
1938-1939 AD (circa 1357-1358 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Language policy
Linguistics
Inter-Territorial Language Committee
Swahili language -- Government policy
Inter-territorial Language (Swahili) Committee to the East African Dependencies
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Nairobi County -- Eastern Africa -- Nairobi
Genre:
Letter
Correspondence (LCTGM)
Personal correspondence (LCGFT)
Translation
Language:
English
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Mashairi ya Faraidhwi (MS 380748a)
Mashairi ya Faraidhwi (MS 380748a)
Creator:
Jambein Al-Bakry, Mohamed, Sheikh ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Islam
Islamic Law
Religious practice
Swahili poetry
Uislamu
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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Mashairi ya Kutweza (MS 380061a)
Mashairi ya Kutweza (MS 380061a)
Creator:
Nassir, Ahmad ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Mashairi ya Liyongo (MS 380548c)
Mashairi ya Liyongo (MS 380548c)
Creator:
Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary )
Abdalla ba Sheikh ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1967 AD (1387 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Legends
Oral tradition in literature
Oral literature
Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu County -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:
Poem
Utumbuizo
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Mawaidha wa Ali Basa’ida (MS 380549a)
Mawaidha wa Ali Basa’ida (MS 380549a)
Creator:
Ali wa Salimu ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Islam
Religious belief
Religious practice
Philosophy
Swahili poetry
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Mombasa Chronicle (MS 373394)
Mombasa Chronicle (MS 373394)
Creator:
Khamis bin Sa'id bin Shaikh al-Mambasi ( Author, Primary )
Khamis bin Sa'id bin Shaikh al-Mambasi ( Calligrapher )
Publication Date:
1899 (1317 AH)
Type:
Mixed Material
Format:
Six leaves contained in a hardback folder
Source Institution:
SOAS, Univerity of London
Holding Location:
|Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Colonialism
Trade
Warfare
Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar, approximately 1834-1888
Sayyid Barghash
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Oman -- Muscat Governate -- Muscat
آسيا -- عمان -- محافظة مسقط -- مسقط
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Mombasa
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Lamu
Africa -- Kenya -- Pate -- Pate Island
Genre:
Chronicles
Oral History
Language:
Swahili
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Moyo Nakukanya (MS 380764a)
Moyo Nakukanya (MS 380764a)
Creator:
Jambein Al-Bakry, Mohamed, Sheikh ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
1962 AD (1382 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Islam
Religious belief
Religious practice
Imani za kidini
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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Poems by Ahmad Nassir and Others (MS 380528a)
Poems by Ahmad Nassir and Others (MS 380528a)
Creator:
Nassir, Ahmad ( Author, Primary )
Nassir, Ahmad ( contributor )
Publication Date:
circa 1952-1969 AD (circa 1371-1389 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:
Poem
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Sehemu za nyumba za Kiamu (MS 380554d)
Sehemu za nyumba za Kiamu (MS 380554d)
Creator:
Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( Author, Primary )
Ali Omar, Yahya, 1924–2008 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
circa 1951 AD (circa 1371 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Vocabulary
Lexicography
Houses
Interior architecture
Dwellings
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:
Notes
Records (Documents) (LCGFT)
Language:
Swahili
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Shairi la Fumo Liongo (MS 380526a)
Shairi la Fumo Liongo (MS 380526a)
Creator:
Liongo Fumo ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Oral literature
Oral tradition in literature
Legends
Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu County -- Shanga -- Pate Island -- Shanga Ruins
Genre:
Poem
Utumbuizo
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Sheikh Mbarak Ali ya Kisima Yamtwibu (MS 380760a)
Sheikh Mbarak Ali ya Kisima Yamtwibu (MS 380760a)
Creator:
Ahmad Basheikh bin Husein ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:
Poem
Shairi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Shayari
Language:
Swahili
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Ustaarabu na Maendeleo ya Mwafrika (MS 380536a)
Ustaarabu na Maendeleo ya Mwafrika (MS 380536a)
Creator:
Kombo, Salum Mohamed ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
1947 AD (1366 A.H.)
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Cultural interactions
Social interaction
Cross-cultural orientation
Nation-building
National identity
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa
Genre:
Essays (LCGFT)
Language:
Swahili
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Utenzi wa Ahmad bin Abdilkadir (MS 380750a)
Utenzi wa Ahmad bin Abdilkadir (MS 380750a)
Creator:
[s.n.]
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Kiswahili mashairi
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili
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Utenzi wa Kijumwa Kumuusia Mwanawe Bw Helewa (Siraji) (MS 380761a)
Utenzi wa Kijumwa Kumuusia Mwanawe Bw Helewa (Siraji) (MS 380761a)
Creator:
Kijuma, Muhammad ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
[n.d.]
Type:
Mixed Material
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Swahili poetry
Etiquette
Customs and traditions
Islam
Religious belief
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Kenya -- Lamu County -- Eastern Africa -- Lamu -- Lamu Island
Genre:
Poem
Utenzi
Poetry (LCTGM)
Language:
Swahili