Divination with Prayer Beads (Jubeeraŋo 1)
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| Title | Divination with Prayer Beads (Jubeeraŋo 1) |
| Author or Owner | Imam Nimbaly Thiam (author), Abdou Karim Thiam (owner) |
| Subject | Divination, Foretelling, Family Life, Livestock, Business Ventures, Travel, Sickness and Health, Wealth, Childbearing, Menstrual Cycles |
| Content | This document is a guide to divination using Muslim prayer beads. It is for use by diviners in foretelling important events or conditions for patients who come to them for guidance. The process relies on the patient reciting their needs before God before selecting a certain bead, after which the diviner counts the number of beads between the one they selected and the knot. The number between indicates the future of the patient. The guide contains predictions for each possible bead selection, with various conditions based upon the gender of the patient, their status in life, and certain economic or family events. The guide illustrates the kinds of services a Muslim cleric (marabout) might provide to those in their community, as well as the kinds of family and communal issues that frequently weighed on the minds of the people living in Ziguinchor during this time. These include marriage, family life, livestock, business ventures, travel, sickness and health, wealth, childbearing and menstrual cycles. |
| Genre | Prose |
| Language | Mandinka |
| Script | Mandinka Ajami |
| Manuscript condition | The manuscript is in a good condition and legible. It has 18 pages. |
| Type | Handwritten |
| Publisher | Unpublished |
| Provenance | Ziguinchor, Senegal |
| Source Reference | British Library: https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1042-4-4; Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, & Diakité, Ablaye. 2018. African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal: https://hdl.handle.net/2144/28997 |
| Access condition and copyright | These materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu). |
| Contributors | Fallou Ngom, Ablaye Diakite, Bala Saho, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Ousmane Cisse, Martin Aucoin, Marie Binta Badji, Alison Parker, Shawn Provencal, and Mark Lewis. |
| Required citation information | Fallou Ngom (PI), Ablaye Diakite, Bala Saho, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Ousmane Cisse, Martin Aucoin, and other contributors. 2022. “Divination with Prayer Beads.” https://sites.bu.edu/nehajami/the-four-languages/mandinka/mandinka-manuscripts/jubeerano-1/ |
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