{"id":2991,"date":"2020-11-30T18:19:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T23:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/?page_id=2991"},"modified":"2022-08-31T17:10:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T21:10:16","slug":"muhammadu-foodee-kuli-silla-la-taariko","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/the-four-languages\/mandinka\/mandinka-manuscripts\/muhammadu-foodee-kuli-silla-la-taariko\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Muhammadu Foodee Kuli Silla (Muhammadu Foodee Kuli Silla la Taariko)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Title<\/td>\nThe History of Muhammadu Foodee Kuli Silla (Muhammadu Foodee Kuli Silla la Taariko)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Author or Owner<\/td>\nArfang Karamo Sylla (owner and translator of the original Arabic text into Mandinka Ajami), Muhammadu Foodee Kuli Silla (author of the Arabic original) <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subject<\/td>\nHistory, Biography, Mandinka Society, Marriage, Revelation, Healing Power, War<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Content<\/td>\nThe manuscript is a biography of the Mandinka scholar Shaykhu Muhammadu Foodee Kuli Silla (1752-1843). It is based on an Arabic original. It was updated and translated into Mandinka Ajami by the current owner, Arfang Karamo Sylla, who is a great grandson of the author. The manuscript traces the origin of Shaykhu Muhammadu Foode Kuli Silla to Eastern Senegal, a region called Bundu\u014b or Boundou. It describes how he traveled to the region of Pakaawu in Casamance (southern Senegal) and was taken in by a local host family. His host\u2019s daughter had a wounded foot that Shaykhu Muhammadu Foodee Kuli Silla healed, thus earning the daughter\u2019s hand in marriage and fulfilling a prophecy he had heard before he left Bundu\u014b. Their son, <\/span>Foodee Saama\u014b Silla, <\/span>also called Silla Baa [The Great Silla in Mandinka], became an Islamic scholar<\/span> renowned in the region. He took part in the battle of Manduwaar in March 1843 and died several months later. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genre<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language<\/td>\nMandinka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Script<\/td>\nMandinka Ajami<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manuscript condition<\/td>\nThe manuscript is in good condition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/td>\nHandwritten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publisher<\/td>\nUnpublished<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Provenance<\/td>\nSedhiou, Senegal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Source Reference<\/td>\nBritish Library: https:\/\/eap.bl.uk\/archive-file\/EAP1042-14-1<\/a>; Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, & Diakit\u00e9, Ablaye. 2018. African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal: https:\/\/open.bu.edu\/handle\/2144\/37438<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access condition and copyright<\/td>\nThese 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).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contributors<\/td>\nFallou Ngom, Ablaye Diakite, Bala Saho, Ousmane Cisse, Daivi Rodima-Taylor,\u00a0 Eric Schmidt, Rebecca Shereikis, Alison Parker, Shawn Provencal, and Mark Lewis.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Required citation information<\/td>\nFallou Ngom (PI), Ablaye Diakite, Bala Saho, Ousmane Cisse, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, and other contributors. 2022. \u201cThe History of Muhammadu Foodee Kuli Silla.\u201d https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/the-four-languages\/mandinka\/mandinka-manuscripts\/muhammadu-foodee-kuli-silla-la-taariko\/<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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