Divination with Sand (Jubeeraŋo 2)
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| Title | Divination with Sand (Jubeeraŋo 2) |
| Author or Owner | Saloum Yaffa (author), Mamadou Biaye (owner) |
| Subject | Divination, Foretelling, Offerings, Social Issues |
| Content | This document is a manual for divination using sand, a popular form of foretelling in Mandinka communities. It consists of ten sections, each of which contains symbols that correspond to important figures, including Yūsuf (Joseph), Ādama (Adam), Mūsā (Moises), and Idrīs (Enoch). Each sign can be used to interpret the fortune of a petitioner, and the manual also indicates which kinds of offerings must be made to whom and on which days. The manual includes illustrations to help the diviner interpret the signs in the sand. It indicates the kinds of relationships between petitioners and Mandinka marabouts (spiritual leaders/healers), and illustrates the kinds of worries, desires and goals that weighed on petitioners’ minds during this time period. |
| Genre | Prose |
| Language | Mandinka |
| Script | Mandinka Ajami |
| Manuscript condition | The manuscript is in a good condition and legible. |
| Type | Handwritten |
| Publisher | Unpublished |
| Provenance | Kolda, Senegal |
| Source Reference | British Library Endangered Archives Program: https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1042-43-3; Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, and Diakité, Ablaye. 2018. African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal: https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/37279 |
| 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, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Bala Saho, Ousmane Cisse, Martin Aucoin, Marie Binta Badji, Eric Schmidt, Alison Parker, Shawn Provencal, and Mark Lewis. |
| Required citation information | Fallou Ngom (PI), Ablaye Diakite, Bala Saho, Ousmane Cisse, Martin Aucoin, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, and other contributors. 2022. “Divination with Sand.” https://sites.bu.edu/nehajami/the-four-languages/mandinka/mandinka-manuscripts/jubeerano-2/ |
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