ms_47757 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
Special Collections
Contents
1 copy of a collection of Swahili poems and songs
Title: Taylor’s diary and Swahili proverbs
"This volume (volume VII of Taylor papers) seems to be Taylor’s notebook and travel diary. The second part of the manuscript, referred as Section B, contains extracts of poems and songs with a large section dedicated to the poetry of Muyaka bin Haji. Everything written in Roman Swahili
Incipit: Karafuu yali kale, ilipo ikipendeza, leo imengia maji, imefanya na kuoza
Language(s): Swahili
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 212 f.
Hand(s)
A European hand
Record Sources
"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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