| Ta: Rikh Mandinka de Bijini (Guinée-Bissau): La Mémoire Des Mandinka Et Des Sòoninkee Du Kaabu Contributor(s): Giesing, Cornelia (Author), Vydrine, Valentin (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004147241 ISBN-13: 9789004147249 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $119.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: French Published: June 2007 Annotation: This volume presents a hitherto unpublished manuscript written in Arabic and Mandinka from the muslim village of Bijini in Guinea-Bissau, the Ta: rikh Mandinka, a unique and structured compilation unfolding the pagan "empire" of Kaabu from it's mythical beginnings to it's downfall in the nineteenth-century. Two existing manuscript versions and several oral interpretations of the Ta: rikh are reproduced, transcribed, translated, compared and analysed considering philological, historical and social-anthropological issues (chaps. 1-3), The fourth chapter deals with the clerical community of Bijini as a place of knowledge-transfer in it's local setting and within regional networks. The focus of the book is on the importance of the Mandinka and Jakhanka clerical diaspora in the making of the history of the Sooninkee "empire" of kaabu in Senegambia. The volume contains a glossary of names and terms mentioned in the sources and is illustrated with maps, photographs and drawings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - West - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| Series: African Sources for African History |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.61" W x 9.41" (1.63 lbs) 423 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ce tome pr sente le Ta: rikh Mandinka, un manuscrit r dig en Arabe et en Mandinka, originaire du village de Bijini en Guin e-Bissau. In dit jusqu' pr sent, le manuscrit consiste en une compilation structur e et tr s originale sur le Kaabu, r unissant divers r cits et chroniques focalisant les d buts mythiques et la chute de cet empire pa en au milieu du 19i me si cle. Deux versions du manuscrit et plusieurs interpr tations (lectures) du Ta: rikh sont reproduites, transcrites, traduites et analys es en tenant compte de questions philologiques, historiques et anthropologiques. L'analyse regarde la communaut cl ricale de Bijini en tant que lieu de transmission de savoirs dans un contexte local et r gional. Le point focal du livre est l'importance de la diaspora cl ricale des Mandinka et Jaakanka (Jakhank ) dans le processus de la construction de l'histoire de l' empire s oninkee du Kaabu en S n gambie. Le tome contient un glossaire des noms et des termes mentionn s par les sources, des illustrations, des tableaux, des cartes et des photographies. This volume presents a hitherto unpublished manuscript written in Arabic and Mandinka from the muslim village of Bijini in Guinea-Bissau, the Ta: rikh Mandinka, a unique and structured compilation unfolding the pagan "empire" of Kaabu from it's mythical beginnings to it's downfall in the nineteenth-century. Two existing manuscript versions and several oral interpretations of the Ta: rikh are reproduced, transcribed, translated, compared and analysed considering philological, historical and social-anthropological issues (chaps. 1-3). The fourth chapter deals with the clerical community of Bijini as a place of knowledge-transfer in it's local setting and within regional networks. The focus of the book is on the importance of the Mandinka and Jakhanka clerical diaspora in the making of the history of the Sooninkee "empire" of Kaabu in Senegambia. The volume contains a glossary of names and terms mentioned in the sources and is illustrated with maps, photographs and drawings. |
