Kalilou Drame Manuscript Collection

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    Images of Kalilou Drame and the Mankonomba community
    (2018-10-06) Ngom, Ibrahima
    Images of manuscript owner Kalilou Drame and the community of Mankonomba, Sedhiou, Senegal, for the manuscript digitization work done in October 2018.
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    Duwaaraŋ Kummaayariŋo: Special Prayers
    Drame, Arfang Yancouba (scribe)
    Contains a collection of two manuscripts. The first is a special prayer that combines Arabic litanies with Mandinka incantation language. The text is used for protection from real or imagined evil, invisibility, good luck, and other local preoccupations. The last document, which is written in classical Arabic, and copied by his father in 1987, serves as a special prayer for success and happiness.
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    Ka Kiilaa aniŋ Keebaalu la Siloolu Nooma: Emulating the Prophet and the Elders
    Drame, Kalilou; Dabo, El-hadji Amadou
    Contains a collection of two small Mandinka Ajami poems. The first one is a poem that praises Prophet Muḥammad, celebrate his virtues, and enjoins people to follow his teachings. It was written by El-hadji Amadou Dabo, from Madina-Bakalar in The Gambia. The second poem was written by the owner, Kalilou Drame. The poem urges people to emulate the moral virtues of their local elders and follow God’s injunctions. The poems are studied and recited by students in the school of the manuscript owner.