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From madrasah to museum : a biography of the Islamic manuscripts of Cape Town
This paper focuses on the Islamic manuscripts of Cape Town, locally referred to as kietaabs, written by Muslims predominantly in the 19th century, in jawi (Arabic-Malay) and Arabic-Afrikaans. Inspired by the idea of a 'biography' of the archive and 'the social life of things', the study traces the l...
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Department of Historical Studies
2014
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