Banjul Muslims and the Islamic Court
By Walter Hawthorne and Bala Saho
Fofana VS Senghor:Court Transcript (1952)
The Gambian National Archive
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Creator: Bathurst (Banjul) Qadi Court
Contributing Institutions: The Gambian National Archive; Bala Saho; Walter Hawthorne; Matris: The Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Michigan State University
Description: Awa Fofana brought her husband Mukhtarr Senghor before the Qadi of Bathurst and complained that her husband Mukhtarr did not cloth and maintain her well. Mukhtarr refuted Awa's claims but the Qadi ordered Mukhtarr to pay for the maintenance of the children and referred them to the Police Court.
Date: July 21, 1952
Date Range: 1950-1959
Location: Banjul (Bathurst), Banjul, The Gambia
Format: Text/jpeg
Language: Arabic
Rights Management: For research and educational use only.
Digitizer: The Gambian National Archive
Archive: The Gambian National Archive
Source: The Gambian National Archive; Awa Fofana VS Mukhtarr Senghor: Bathurst (Banjul) Qadi Court Transcript Year Book, 1952-1955; Case 126/1952