Ti Ara Ẹni Lẹta A (Personal letter in Yoruba Anjemi A)
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Citation
Kurfi, Mustapha Hashim, Ngom, Fallou, and Castro, Eleni (2019). African Ajami Library: Digital Preservation of Yoruba Anjemi Materials of Southwestern Nigeria. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/38122.
Abstract
This manuscript is a personal letter written to the pioneer of the Markaz Ihyahil Islam Abayawo, Ilorin – Nigeria, who happened to be the scribe of most of the Yoruba Anjemi materials we digitized from Ilorin, Kwara State. The letter opens with the Islamic greeting "Assalāmu ʿalaikum Wa Raḥmatullāhi Taʿālā Wa Barakātuhu.” At the top right is Gregorian calendar date of 23-4–2001. Evidently, the paper on which the scribe wrote the letter, has a space to enter the date and is pre-printed with Latin script "Date...." The date and page numbers are written in Roman numerals. This personal letter, which is all in Yoruba Anjemi, uses the standard Mashriqi style of writing. Similar to the preamble, the letter concludes with the Islamic traditional greeting, "Wa Salāmun ʿalaikum Wa Raḥmatullāhi Wa Barakātuhu.” Worthy also to note, is that the one-page letter was folded and the same paper was used as the envelope. The back of the envelope was addressed to the recipient with the following address:
Ilā:
Faḍīlatu As-Sheikh Al-Ḥājju Abubakar Yusuf
Madīnatu Faḍīlatu At-Tijjāniyyah, Abayomi
Ilorin.
The personal letter speaks volumes as to how Yoruba Anjemi has been a part of the peoples’ lives. More so, it points to how the sacred and the secular mix, since letters which are considered personal and mundane, are intertwined with greetings from religious sources. Finally, the letter demonstrates how Anjemi has been a means of communication, and a vehicle for social progress among the people in this area.
Description
The entire manuscript is available for download as a single PDF file. Higher-resolution images may
be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact open-help@bu.edu. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Mustapha Hashim Kurfi (Principal Investigator), Malam
Umar Hajji Mustapha (Local Project Manager) and Abdullahi Mohammed (General Field Facilitator).
Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Director African Studies Center), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). This collection of Yoruba Anjemi materials are copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu). Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Kurfi, Mustapha Hashim, Ngom, Fallou, and Castro, Eleni (2019). African Ajami Library: Digital Preservation of Yoruba Anjemi Materials of Southwestern Nigeria. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/38122. For Inquiries: Please contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu).
Provenance and Condition: This manuscript is owned by the Markaz Ihyahil Islam Abayawo, Ilorin – Nigeria, an institution which propagates, teaches, and popularizes Yoruba Anjemi knowledge. This is one of the few personal letters, which we retrieved from the movement/organization.
Provenance and Condition: This manuscript is owned by the Markaz Ihyahil Islam Abayawo, Ilorin – Nigeria, an institution which propagates, teaches, and popularizes Yoruba Anjemi knowledge. This is one of the few personal letters, which we retrieved from the movement/organization.
License
These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu).