Aboubacar Drame Manuscript Collection

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    Araabukaŋ Kitaaboolu: Collection of Arabic Manuscripts
    Drame, El-hadji Kemo
    Contains a collection of manuscripts, which were written on different types of papers and deal with a variety of subjects. The subjects discussed in the manuscripts include prayers and Arabic grammar. One manuscript deals with the Islamic version of creation, and discusses the creation of Adam and Eve, Abraham, Moses, David, Jesus, Muḥammad, and Noah and the years between them. It also deals with the number of animals that God created, the number of angels and stars, the creation of waters and the creatures that live within it, and the origin of Arabs and non-Arabs (Ajam), among other subjects.
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    Image of interview with manuscript owner Aboubacar Drame
    (2018-10-06) Ngom, Ibrahima
    Image taken during interview with manuscript owner Aboubacar Drame (right) and Ibrahima Yaffa (left) in Mankonomba, Sedhiou, Senegal, for the manuscript digitization work done in October 2018.