Detailed view: West African Arabic Manuscript Project | |
Title: | West African Arabic Manuscript Project |
URL: | http://westafricanmanuscripts.org |
Creator: | Stewart, C.C.; Hall, Bruce Stewart |
Abstract: |
AMMS is a bi-lingual database that was developed at the University of Illinois in the late 1980s to describe a collection of Arabic and Ajami manuscripts in southern Mauritania (Boutilimit). It subsequently has been used to catalogue seven other West African collections including the manuscript libraries at the Institut Mauritanien de Recherche Scientifique, Northwestern University, and the Centre Ahmad Baba in Timbuktu. Currently (during 2008-09) print catalogues from West Africa published by al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation are being added to it. [according to site editor's information] [supplemented] |
Table of contents: |
Collections: Nouakchott (Boutilimit) collection - Mauritania Timbuctu collection - Mali Segou collection - Mali (Ahmadou Library and Fonds Archinard) Niamey collection - Niger Kano collection - Nigeria |
Keywords: | Islam; West Africa; African languages; Arabic script; written culture / writing culture; Timbuktu / Timbuctoo |
Countries: | Africa. General Resources |
Subject areas: |
Language » Languages of African Origin; Culture & Arts » Literature; History & Geography » History up to 1850; Religion & Philosophy » Islam |
Resource type: | Directories of historical Sources |
Language: | English |
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