Failed Islamic States in Senegambia
David Robinson
Recruiting an Army of Jinns
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Description: Excerpt from an interview with Bani Giise in Pulaar, conducted by David Robinson in Aanam Siwol on 3 March 1968. Bani Giise was an oral historian of Fuuta attached to the Fulbe lineages of the area.
Date: March 3, 1968
Date Range: 1960-1969
Location: Aanam Siwol, Senegal
Format: Text/pdf
Language: Pulaar
Rights Management: For educational use only.
Digitizer: MATRIX
Archive: Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Source: Taken from the oral history collection of David Robinson recorded in 1968-9 and housed at the Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Pulaar transcript and English translation are contained in Moustapha Kane and David Robinson, The Islamic Regime of Futta Tooro: An Anthology of Oral Tradition Transcribed in Pulaar and Translated into English. African Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1984. Pages 123-127.
Pulaar transcript and English translation are contained in Moustapha Kane and David Robinson, The Islamic Regime of Futta Tooro: An Anthology of Oral Tradition Transcribed in Pulaar and Translated into English. African Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1984. Pages 123-127.