Yancouba Seydi Manuscript Collection

 
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/37527

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  • Ramuloo: Divination 

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    The manuscript is a copy of a divination manual in Mandinka Ajami. Divination is popular in Muslim Africa. It is known in Senegambian Mandinka communities as Ramuloo (from Arabic: Khatt al-Raml). Muslim religious leaders ...

  • Kitaaboo Foloota: The Book Began 

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    The document is a Mandinka Ajami devotional poem titled Kitaaboo Foloota (English: The Book Began), which alludes to the beginning of the Quran. The poem praises God and Prophet Muḥammad and teaches tawḥīd (English: oneness ...

  • Images of Yancouba Seydi and the community of Diatouma 

    Ngom, Ibrahima (2018-10-04)
    Images of manuscript owner Yancouba Seydi and the community of Diatouma, Sedhiou, Senegal, for the manuscript digitization work done in October 2018.