ms. 193290 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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12 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Tales and Short stories
A translation of an Arabic story into Swahili in Roman script
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A humourous story about Abu Nuwas, also known as Bwanawasi in Swahili
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A humourous story about Abu Nuwas, also known as Bwanawasi in Swahili
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The story of a man and his friend, with an English translation
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This manuscript contains an uncompleted hadithi, with English tranlation, about the life of the epic hero Liongo Fumo. The beginning of the story narrates of the relationship between Liongo and his younger brOther, at the time of their father’s death, when the inheritance of the
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This manuscript contains an incomplete story about a ‘mgala’, oromo person, who is looking to marry his daughter and he requests a generous dowry of 100 cows from the contenders
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