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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1279434

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Title:The Blessed Ndombea Tree
okiek_songs009
A Preliminary Documentation of the Okiek Language of Kenya
Contributor (annotator):Aron
Ochieng'
Shadrack
Contributor (consultant):Francis
Kirasi
Konana
Contributor (depositor):Jane
Contributor (recorder):Joel
Louis
Patrick
Contributor (researcher):Jane
Simotwo
Contributor (singer):Mamaye
Contributor (speaker):Rosa
Hellena
Susana
Contributor (translator):Duncan
Coverage:Kenya
Date:2017-02-18
Description:The four singers chant about the blessed Ndombea tree, how it is no longer there and effects of its absence.
Francis Lesingo is very knowledgeable in Okiek language and culture. He introduced me (Jane Oduor)to the Okiek community in Nessuit.
In this project the actor is a consultant as well as a community mobilizer
Simon Konana Konini is a respected community elder who took who participated in many documentation sessions. He is the narrator of the story in the second session (okiek_Narratives002).
Jane Oduor is the Okiek language documentor.
Sila Kibet Simatwo is a PhD student working on Okiek language. His involvement as a researcher enabled to assist in this language documentation project. He learnt language ducumentation techniques alongside other members ofthe Okiek community. recording during this sessionthe laus in
Joel organised with the administration of Tiritagoi Primary School where he teachers to allow us to use the School for training the Okiek Language team the techniques of language documentation. This narrative was recorded during the that training session.
Patrick works within the Okiek community as a social worker and community mobilizer. In this project he also assisted in community mobilization, video recording, translating and annotating.
Rosa is the narrator of the story in session 3 (okiek_narratives003)
Duncan is waiting to go to college. He completed secondary school education.
Format:audio/x-wav
video/mp4
text/x-pfsx+xml
text/x-eaf+xml
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1279434
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1279434%23
Publisher:Jane Akinyi Ngala Oduor
University of Nairobi
Subject:Singing
Okiek language
Subject (ISO639):oki
Type:Audio
Video

OLAC Info

Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1279434
DateStamp:  2019-04-01
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Search Info

Citation: Francis (consultant); Kirasi (consultant); Konana (consultant); Jane (researcher); Jane (depositor); Simotwo (researcher); Joel (recorder); Louis (recorder); Patrick (recorder); Rosa (speaker); Mamaye (singer); Hellena (speaker); Susana (speaker); Duncan (translator); Aron (annotator); Ochieng' (annotator); Shadrack (annotator). 2017-02-18. Jane Akinyi Ngala Oduor.
Terms: area_Africa country_KE iso639_oki

Inferred Metadata

Country: Kenya
Area: Africa


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