ms. 53498 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
Special Collections
Contents
4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Swahili poetry and Songs
1.
Title: List of poems
Material collected by Hichens for an unpublished book on Swahili literature
Incipit: Outline of Swahili literature
Language(s): English
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2.
Swahili poems of Liongo
Incipit: Fungu la Kwanza. Yatandi pembe ya ndovu, Kipambo chema cha yonga
Language(s): Swahili
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4.
Title: Wimbo
Short songs collected and transliterated by Muhammad Kijuma
Language(s): Swahili
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Physical Description
Form: codex
33 f. 40 f. 131 f. c.150 f.
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Record Sources
"Swahili Manuscripts Collections".
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