Banjul Muslims and the Islamic Court
By Walter Hawthorne and Bala Saho
Faal VS Darbo: Court Transcript (1927)
Creator: Bathurst (Banjul) Qadi Court
Description: Njagga Faal brought his wife Aminata Darbo before the Qadi of Bathurst asking for a divorce and requesting the return of or right to all the money and property he had given to her, her relatives and friends. Aminata in her defense rejected most of what Njagga claimed. The Qadi ordered divorce and asked the wife to return five pounds and 10 shillings to the husband.
Date: August 16, 1927
Date Range: 1920-1929
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: Njagga Faal VS Aminata Darbo: Bathurst (Banjul) Qadi Court Transcript Year Book, 1952-1955; Proceedings: Case pp.
