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Title Somali Women's Songs for the First Ladies of Early Islam | ||
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http://hdl.handle.net/1887/17310 | ||
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Date 1999 | ||
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Author(s) Kapteijns, L. | ||
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Abstract When a Somali woman is about to give birth, older women often arrange a ceremony to call blessings on the mother-to-be, in which they sing sittaat - songs of praise for the leading women of early Islam, especially Faduumo (Fatima), daughter of the Prophet. Although there is no doubt that this genre of songs is old - it may even have a relationship to non-Islamic Oromo songs for the goddess of fertility - scholarly references date back only to the late nineteenth century and do not include song texts. | ||
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Subject(s) Somalia | ||
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Language en_US | ||
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Publisher ISIM, Leiden | ||
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Type of publication Article / Letter to editor | ||
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Format 100856 bytes; application/pdf | ||
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Source 3; 1; 27; 27; 1; ISIM Newsletter | ||
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Repository Leiden - University of Leiden 
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