African Poetics Digital Portal · File 7. 'Masai'. Manuscript on Masai history by Hamilton. Unpublished. Many Masai songs, prayers, and poems throughout, some of which are duplicates of those in File 4. In particular, see fols 29, 31, 119-120, 133, 145-147, 151-156, 170-172, 186, 191, at similar intervals until end.

File 7. 'Masai'. Manuscript on Masai history by Hamilton. Unpublished. Many Masai songs, prayers, and poems throughout, some of which are duplicates of those in File 4. In particular, see fols 29, 31, 119-120, 133, 145-147, 151-156, 170-172, 186, 191, at similar intervals until end.

Title: File 7. 'Masai'. Manuscript on Masai history by Hamilton. Unpublished. Many Masai songs, prayers, and poems throughout, some of which are duplicates of those in File 4. In particular, see fols 29, 31, 119-120, 133, 145-147, 151-156, 170-172, 186, 191, at similar intervals until end.
Institution: University of Oxford
Collection Title: Papers of Lord Claud David Hamilton (as listed in the Rhodes House Manuscript Collections, number 978)
Creator(s): Unknown [? various Masai tribes]
Collector(s): Lord Claud David Hamilton; Rhodes House Library
Description/Scope and Content: The collection includes correspondence on the Masai tribe, Kenya, with collections of tribal folk-tales and songs, articles on life in Kenya and a MS history of the Masai.
Date: 1958-1968
Location: Bodleian Library (formerly Rhodes House Library)
Identifier: MS. Afr. s. 1810 / 7
Language: Masai and English
Extent: 1 file
Collection Type: archival collection
Level of Processing: Fully Processed
Type of Materials/Format: paper-manuscripts
Provenance: Filmed for the National Archives of Kenya in October, 1982. Donated by A.T. Matson in May 1983.
Link: https://archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repositories/2/resources/1820
Usage: Medium (Occasional exhibit or research/educational use)