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AjamiLab

@AjamiLab

Research group focused on sub-Saharan African languages written in Arabic script. Part of CSMC at Universität Hamburg.

 Hamburg, Germany
ajami.hypotheses.org/
Joined January 2019
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The digital archive of Old Kanembu and other manuscripts from precolonial Borno is back online again digital.soas.ac.uk/OKIM @AAwagana @CamiLefebvre @AjamiLab
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The same Old Kanembu dictionary, now with a DOI @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication…
(PDF) Old Kanembu-English Dictionary & Englsih-Old Kanembu Dictionary

(PDF) Old Kanembu-English Dictionary & Englsih-Old Kanembu Dictionary

PDF | This is a short dictionary of 947 entries in the Old Kanembu–English part and 959 entries in the English–Old Kanembu part. A result of fifteen... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...

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Voyage into Islamic #manuscripts of West Africa: the three days workshop organized by @CSMC_Hamburg in the frame of @AjamiLab brought together scholars and experts from Europe, Africa, US. Lectures, presentations, hands-on sessions: #Mali, #Nigeria manuscripts and much more!
Image from Maria Luisa Russo (@ml_russo)
Image from Maria Luisa Russo (@ml_russo)
Image from Maria Luisa Russo (@ml_russo)
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HMML@visitHMML29 Mar 2022
Thanks to Charles C. Stewart, professor emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for this context: theconversation.com/timbuktu… via @TC_Africa
Timbuktu manuscripts placed online are only a sliver of West Africa’s ancient archive

Timbuktu manuscripts placed online are only a sliver of West Africa’s ancient archive

Opening these libraries up promises to re-balance the continent’s place in world history when it comes to its intellectual life.

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Антивоенный митинг в центре Москвы.
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#EducationDay : heritage education in Mali. For individual growth and for #peace.
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Congratulations @DonaldsonCD who helped a lot setting our @AjamiLab !
Michael Kevane (@mkevane) profile pictureMichael Kevane@mkevane21 Dec 2021
Congrats to @DonaldsonCD “The Role of Islam, Ajami Writings, and Educational Reform in Sulemaana Kantè’s N’ko” and @OumarKBa “Contested Meanings: Timbuktu and the Prosecution of Destruction of Cultural Heritage as War Crimes” who shared 2021 Prize Best Article @ASRJournal!
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Celebrating #BlueShield25's anniversary conference with this image of #manuscripts from #Mali, in #Timbuktu and beyond. Thanks to all donors and partners supporting protection, safeguard, access to manuscript heritage in this country.
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🍿 In our newest video, meet Maria Luisa Russo from @amalialibri, who is working with the residents of #Timbuktu, #Mali to preserve their ancient manuscripts 👉 youtu.be/POt2xn3KYOs
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Un groupe d'étudiants du cours DUT sur les #manuscrits à l'Institut Ahmed Baba de #Tombouctou. Appuyer un programme de formation qui soit une graine pour le futur su patrimoine, et pour celui des jeunes. @UnescoBamako @CSMC_Hamburg @UN_MINUSMA
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A fascinating read from @visitHMML @Celeste__Gianni, a must for our research @AjamiLab @CSMC_Hamburg hmml.org/stories/series-stor…
Tracing Folktales in Magic Texts — The Story of Umm al-Ṣibyān

Tracing Folktales in Magic Texts — The Story of Umm al-Ṣibyān

“Despite having been contested in Islamic history by powerful groups rejecting them as illegitimate practices, magic and...”

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@AjamiLab work session in #Timbuktu,Al Aqib library. Preserved with the support of @ALIPHFoundation and digitized with @visitHMML, manuscripts are lively root for a joint research project with @EPHE_PSL - École Pratique des Hautes Études, focusing on languages and codicology.
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De plus en plus, nous essayons d’impliquer les femmes dans nos projets sur le patrimoine écrit au #Mali. Ici une étudiante du DUT sur les manuscrits à #Tombouctou.
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AMALIA keeps regular contacts with the staff at Al Aqib library in #Timbuktu. Last year, with the support of @ALIPHFoundation, we created a preservation lab and trained staff, who performed preservation measures for manuscripts: but preservation never stops and we are in touch!
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Our @AjamiLab research units are operating in several places in #Mali and sometimes it’s not easy to meet in person. We never miss an opportunity to meet, discuss, exchange ideas, even in informal ways and places: team building with representatives of #Bamako and #Djenne units.
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@ml_russo conduction @ASMIACONFERENCE fifth workshop: Preservation and Digitization Planning for Library Collections @Islamic_MSS @BA_Main_Egy
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Seyni Moumouni conducting @ASMIACONFERENCE third workshop: Tarikh Zinder: Editing, Translation, and Annotations
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@ASMIACONFERENCE second workshop: Manuscript Libraries and Written Heritage Centres in Africa @Islamic_MSS @BA_Main_Egy
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@ASMIACONFERENCE 's second workshop: Manuscript Libraries and Written Heritage Centres in Africa by Dr Susana Molins Lliteras, Associate Researcher, Archive and Public Culture Research Initiative, Historical Studies Department, University of Cape Town – Cape Town, South Africa
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From our first workshop: The Islamic Manuscript Tradition of East Africa: Textual Traditions and Context @Islamic_MSS @BA_Main_Egy
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