Creator: Bathurst (Banjul) Qadi Court

Description: Fatoumata Sawo brought her husband Ekeri Njie to claim for her maintenance, remainder of her dowry, and money he promised to give her. The Qadi asked Ekeri to give Fatoumata the money and marriage should continue.

Subject: Dowry
Dispute- Money
Dispute- Spouse's Role

Date: May 27, 1952

Date Range: 1950-1959

Location: Banjul (Bathurst), Banjul, The Gambia

Format: Text/jpeg

Language: Arabic

Rights Management: For research and educational use only.

Contributing Institution: The Gambian National Archive; Bala Saho; Walter Hawthorne; Matris: The Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Michigan State University

Digitizer: The Gambian National Archive

Archive: The Gambian National Archive

Source: Ekeri Njie VS Fatoumata Sawo: Qadi Court Transcript Year Book, 1952-1955; Case 102/1952