Mamadou Lamine Sylla Manuscript Collection
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Item Images of Mamadou Lamine Sylla and the community of Oudoucar(2018-10-07) Ngom, IbrahimaImages of manuscript owner Mamadou Lamine Sylla and the community of Oudoucar, Sedhiou, Senegal, for the manuscript digitization work done in October 2018.Item Araabukaŋ aniŋ Mandinkakaŋ Suukuwoolu: Collection of Arabic and Mandinka PoemsDabo, Sitokoto; Unknown; Dabo, Sitokoto (scribe); Diabate, Ibrahima Kalilou (scribe)Contains a collection of several short devotional poems written in Arabic and Mandinka Ajami. Included within are copies of poems by Sitokoto Dabo, the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet of Senegambia. The poets praise Prophet Muḥammad, emphasize the value of education, and pray for people.Item Yaa Rabbi Kanaŋ Tuŋ n-Faŋ Bulu: My God, Don't Leave us by Ourselves (a poem by Sitokoto Dabo)Dabo, Sitokoto; Dabo, Sitokoto (scribe)The manuscript is a copy of a Mandinka Ajami poem authored by Arfang Sitokoto Dabo, also known as Ababacar Dabo, the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet of Senegambia. The poem enjoins people to cultivate moral virtues (especially respect and solidarity) and asks husbands and wives to live up to their their respective obligations.