Banjul Muslims and the Islamic Court
By Walter Hawthorne and Bala Saho
Njie VS Secka: Court Transcript (1954)
click image to zoomCreator: 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: Muhammad Njie brought his wife Rohey Secka before the Qadi of Bathurst in order to divorce her. The Qadi ordered divorce and asked the husband to pay the wife the remainder of the dowry.
Date: December 19, 1954
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: Muhammad Njie VS. Rohey Secka: Bathurst (Banjul) Qadi Court Transcript Year Book, 1952-1955; Case 128/1954
