Babanding Fofana Manuscript Collection

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    Mansoo Tentu: Praising The Lord
    Dabo, Sitokoto
    This manuscript is a copy of the original Mandinka Ajami song written by the great Mandinka poet, Sitokoto Dabo. Sitokoto is one of the most famous Mandinka religious scholars and poets of Senegambia. He authored numerous poems in Mandinka Ajami that are still popular in Senegambian Mandinka communities. He was born in Oudoucar and died in The Gambia. The poem praises God and asks for protection, good health, long life, and success in this life and the afterlife.
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    Image of interview with Babanding Fofana
    (2018-07-04) Ngom, Ibrahima
    Image taken during interview with manuscript owner Babanding Fofana (left) with Ibrahima Yaffa (right) in Kolda, Senegal, for the manuscript digitization work done in July 2018.