{"id":824,"date":"2020-01-09T15:11:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T20:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/?page_id=824"},"modified":"2022-08-31T18:03:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T22:03:54","slug":"mandinkakan-leetaroolu-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/the-four-languages\/mandinka\/mandinka-manuscripts\/mandinkakan-leetaroolu-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters in Mandinka 2 (Mandinkaka\u014b Leetaroolu 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Title<\/td>\nLetters in Mandinka 2 (Mandinkaka\u014b Leetaroolu 2)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Author or Owner<\/td>\nAnsou Daffe (owner)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subject<\/td>\nPersonal Letters, Family Matters, Marriage, Daughters, Parenting, Complaint, Request for Help<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Content<\/td>\nThese are personal letters from various individuals (some in Dakar or France) to their parents and relatives back in the village. The letters address various subjects including: ending a stalled \u201cmarriage project\u201d; a request to send specific books, including the Quran; requests for clothing and shoes; concern about family members\u2019 health; concern about family conflicts; the results of a divination; a complaint about a young woman who refuses to marry and engages in commerce against her male relatives\u2019 objections; announcement of a birth; and a reprimand from an elderly person to a younger relative who ignored him.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genre<\/td>\nProse<\/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: <\/span>https:\/\/eap.bl.uk\/archive-file\/EAP1042-11-6<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\/37689<\/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, Rebecca Shereikis, Eric Schmidt, 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. \u201cLetters in Mandinka 2.\u201d https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nehajami\/the-four-languages\/mandinka\/mandinka-manuscripts\/mandinkakan-leetaroolu-2\/<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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