Arfang Karamo Sylla Manuscript Collection

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Moor Baa la Taariixoo: Biography of the Great Scholar
The manuscript is a biography of the Mandinka scholar called Fode Koule Sylla (1752-1843), also known as Sylla Baa (Mandinka: The Great Sylla). This manuscript is based on the Arabic original that Fode Koule Sylla wrote. It was translated in Mandinka Ajami by the owner, Arfang Karamo Sylla, who is a great grandson of Sylla Baa, so that Mandinka Ajami literates can learn about his history. As customary in Muslim writings, the manuscript begins with an Islamic doxology in Arabic and continues in Mandinka Ajami. It traces the origin of Fode Koule Sylla to Boundou in Eastern Senegal and explains his itinerary, his host families, and the circumstances that brought him to Pakao-Darsilami in Casamance.
Image of interview with Arfang Karamo Sylla
(2018-10-01) Ngom, Ibrahima
Image taken during interview with manuscript owner Arfang Karamo Sylla (left) and Ibrahima Yaffa (right) in Pakao Darsilami, Sedhiou, Senegal, for the manuscript digitization work done in October 2018.