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1 copy of a collection of Swahili poetry
Swahili poetry proceeded by the index of the poems included in this volume three of the Taylor papers.
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Poem about the tailors of Mombasa
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Miscellaneous short poems and a historical poem about the Mazrui dynasty and their decline
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A few poems that act as correspondence between Taylor and his friends and informants, Mwalimu Sikujua, Hussein bin Khamis and Mohammed al-Mambassy
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Religious poems transcribed for Taylor by Abdalla bin Rashid, Khalfan bin Abdallah bin Rashid al-Mazrui, Ayud bin Salim b. Suleiman, Maalim Musa, Ali Koti, Wali Hamed, and Sayyid Muhammed Muhathar
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A collection of poems attributed to the mythical Swahili hero Fumo Liyongo, and in the following section, a large collection of poems by Muyaka bin Haji
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Various poems and love songs. The section begins with an incomplete version of ‘The Mzigo Song’ by Ali Koti, transcribed by Mohammed Kijumwa in 1936
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