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Title
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غرغطن واوا "Gargadin Wawa" [Admonishing the Foolhardy]
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Institution
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Northwestern University
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Collection Title
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Arabic Manuscripts from West Africa; Digital Collections Images Repository
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Creator(s)
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Na Maiganji Dambatta
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Collector(s)
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Falke, ʻUmar, 1893-1962
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Description/Scope and Content
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This rare collection of manuscripts dates back to the 19th and 20th centuries and come from mainly northern Nigeria (Kano in particular) but also includes items from Ghana, Senegal and Mali. Mostly handwritten in Arabic and Ajami scripts, these manuscripts cover a wide range of subjects from Arabic grammar, history, theology, law and astronomy to name a few, with particular strength in Tijâniyya Sufi order and Hausa poetry. Comprised of 5,000 items, the manuscripts are split across four separate collections and serve as an excellent example of West African literacy in Arabic: The 'Umar Falke Collection, The John Paden Collection, The John Hunwick Collection, The University of Ghana Collection
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Date
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1978
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Location
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Main Library
Herskovits Library Arabic Manuscripts - 5 East: Inquire at Herkovits ; Falke 0199 MS
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Identifier
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Not found
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Language
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Hausa; Arabic
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Collection Type
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rare collection
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Level of Processing
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Inventoried
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Type of Materials/Format
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paper-manuscripts
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Copyright
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Unknown
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Notes
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-Copyright Undetermined;
The images on this web site are from material in the collections of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University Libraries, are provided for use by its students, faculty and staff, and by other researchers visiting this site, for research consultation and scholarly purposes only. Further distribution and/or any commercial use of the images from this site is not permitted.
-Condition: Vocalised and rubricated. Text only partly legible. Manuscript incomplete. No end. (Local Note).
-Genre: Verse: kasida; نظم: قصيدة; manuscripts (documents).
-Subject: Ethics: guidance; أخلاق: إرشاد.
-Abstract/Caption: A Hausa poem, "Gargadin Wawa" [Admonishing the Foolhardy], which Mohammed, A. [1978] attributes to Na Maiganji Dambatta.
