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Sonko, Ansumana, of Badume, Jarra, The Gambia, with Karamo Sonko, farmers, on the history of the Sonkos and of Jarra. Recorded by Donald Wright, 8 leaves (including Jarra kinglist)., Jan. 20 1975

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 59
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. 20 1975