Box 1
Container
Contains 102 Results:
Kuyate, Kemo, Saba. ‘Account of Kemo Kuyate, griot … Narrative on the History of Niumi, in Banjul. Recorded by Donald R. Wright. Interpreter B. K. Sidibe. Translated by Binta Janneh. 12 leaves; The Story of Kaabu: The Fall of Kaabu’ by B. K. Sidibe, 17, 3 leaves., Sept. 15, 1974
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In addition to translated transcriptions of Donald Wright's 1974-75 interviews relating to Senegambian history, with most of the interviews done in The Gambia and almost all in Mandinka language, also included are interviews recorded by S.M. Cissoko in 1967, a few other interviews in Wolof, plus some eighteenth century documents from British archives, and a dozen or so other papers, including some from the Conference on the Oral Traditions of Kaabu in Dakar in 1980. The collection is...
Dates:
Sept. 15, 1974
Darboe, Alhaji, in Juffure, Niumi, The Gambia. Recorded by Donald R. Wright. 9 leaves., Dec. 15, 1974
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In addition to translated transcriptions of Donald Wright's 1974-75 interviews relating to Senegambian history, with most of the interviews done in The Gambia and almost all in Mandinka language, also included are interviews recorded by S.M. Cissoko in 1967, a few other interviews in Wolof, plus some eighteenth century documents from British archives, and a dozen or so other papers, including some from the Conference on the Oral Traditions of Kaabu in Dakar in 1980. The collection is...
Dates:
Dec. 15, 1974
Darbo, Alhaji Seku Momodu Lamin, on history of Niumi, recorded in Diabugu Wharf Town by Donald R. Wright. 12, leaves (2 copies)., Jan. 19, 1975
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In addition to translated transcriptions of Donald Wright's 1974-75 interviews relating to Senegambian history, with most of the interviews done in The Gambia and almost all in Mandinka language, also included are interviews recorded by S.M. Cissoko in 1967, a few other interviews in Wolof, plus some eighteenth century documents from British archives, and a dozen or so other papers, including some from the Conference on the Oral Traditions of Kaabu in Dakar in 1980. The collection is...
Dates:
Jan. 19, 1975
Darbo, Sidiya, recorded in Sanyang, Kombo, The Gambia by Donald R. Wright. 4 leaves., Dec. 27 1974
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In addition to translated transcriptions of Donald Wright's 1974-75 interviews relating to Senegambian history, with most of the interviews done in The Gambia and almost all in Mandinka language, also included are interviews recorded by S.M. Cissoko in 1967, a few other interviews in Wolof, plus some eighteenth century documents from British archives, and a dozen or so other papers, including some from the Conference on the Oral Traditions of Kaabu in Dakar in 1980. The collection is...
Dates:
Dec. 27 1974
Demba, Afang Abdu, in Bantaba, Bali with Bakary Ndow, Bakary Demba, and Lamin Bojang. Recorded by Donald Wright on Bali, Demba and Jokadu history. 8 leaves., Dec. 16 1975
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In addition to translated transcriptions of Donald Wright's 1974-75 interviews relating to Senegambian history, with most of the interviews done in The Gambia and almost all in Mandinka language, also included are interviews recorded by S.M. Cissoko in 1967, a few other interviews in Wolof, plus some eighteenth century documents from British archives, and a dozen or so other papers, including some from the Conference on the Oral Traditions of Kaabu in Dakar in 1980. The collection is...
Dates:
Dec. 16 1975
Diba, Fode, Kemo, recorded in Farafenye, Baddibu, The Gambia, recorded by S. M. Cissoko. Transcribed by D. R. Wright. 3, 5, leaves., 1967
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In addition to translated transcriptions of Donald Wright's 1974-75 interviews relating to Senegambian history, with most of the interviews done in The Gambia and almost all in Mandinka language, also included are interviews recorded by S.M. Cissoko in 1967, a few other interviews in Wolof, plus some eighteenth century documents from British archives, and a dozen or so other papers, including some from the Conference on the Oral Traditions of Kaabu in Dakar in 1980. The collection is...
Dates:
1967
Dione, Koji, a brief potpourri on Djilor history, recorded in Mbodj compound in Djilor by Donald Wright. 1 leaf., Feb. 10 1975
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In addition to translated transcriptions of Donald Wright's 1974-75 interviews relating to Senegambian history, with most of the interviews done in The Gambia and almost all in Mandinka language, also included are interviews recorded by S.M. Cissoko in 1967, a few other interviews in Wolof, plus some eighteenth century documents from British archives, and a dozen or so other papers, including some from the Conference on the Oral Traditions of Kaabu in Dakar in 1980. The collection is...
Dates:
Feb. 10 1975
Djilor History of: letter of Amadou Faye to ‘M. Les Historiens’, June 4, 1971, 3 leaves; ‘History of Djilor N’Diognique by Amadou Faye … Kaolack, 1 April 1968’ 9 leaves ; (and another copy, handwritten)., 1968-1971
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In addition to translated transcriptions of Donald Wright's 1974-75 interviews relating to Senegambian history, with most of the interviews done in The Gambia and almost all in Mandinka language, also included are interviews recorded by S.M. Cissoko in 1967, a few other interviews in Wolof, plus some eighteenth century documents from British archives, and a dozen or so other papers, including some from the Conference on the Oral Traditions of Kaabu in Dakar in 1980. The collection is...
Dates:
1968-1971
Fati, Afang Seku, with Mansane Sekan, marabouts of Ajamdu, Niumi, The Gambia, on the history of Aljamdu and aspects of the coming of Islam to Niumi, recorded in Aljamdu by Donald Wright, 10 leaves., Dec. 14 1974
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In addition to translated transcriptions of Donald Wright's 1974-75 interviews relating to Senegambian history, with most of the interviews done in The Gambia and almost all in Mandinka language, also included are interviews recorded by S.M. Cissoko in 1967, a few other interviews in Wolof, plus some eighteenth century documents from British archives, and a dozen or so other papers, including some from the Conference on the Oral Traditions of Kaabu in Dakar in 1980. The collection is...
Dates:
Dec. 14 1974
Fati, Faraba Lamin, leatherworker, from Kinti Kunda, Marong, Kunda, Baddibu, recorded at Wellington Flats, Banjul, Oct. 16 1974 (17 leaves), and March 20, 1975 (9 leaves), by Donald Wright, and partial translation (4 leaves)., 1974-1975
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In addition to translated transcriptions of Donald Wright's 1974-75 interviews relating to Senegambian history, with most of the interviews done in The Gambia and almost all in Mandinka language, also included are interviews recorded by S.M. Cissoko in 1967, a few other interviews in Wolof, plus some eighteenth century documents from British archives, and a dozen or so other papers, including some from the Conference on the Oral Traditions of Kaabu in Dakar in 1980. The collection is...
Dates:
1974-1975