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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI583037

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Title:The Paramount Chief Swears his Oath
0136-The Paramount Chief Swears his Oath
A description and documentation of Avatime
Contributor:AMS (Speaker/Signer)
Walter Ray Ofasi (Transcriber)
Saskia van Putten (Annotator)
Osie: Kwame Harry Felix Adorbor (Speaker/Signer)
Coverage:Ghana
Date:2008-08-16
Description:This video recording was made at the outdooring of the paramount chief of the Avatime area. See references for more general information about this event.In this recording an oath is sworn to the new paramount chief, and the new paramount chief also swears an oath.It has been transcribed and translated by Yao and annotated by Saskia.First, Adzavi Mensah Stanilous swears an oath to Kwame Harry Felix Adorbor, the new paramount chief. Then the new paramount chief swears an oath to Adzavi Mensah Stanilous. .The oaths are sworn in Avatime. Adzavi Mensah Stanilous and the paramount chief swear oaths. Saskia and Rebecca video recorded. Many spectators were present. Fo Yao and Saskia transcribed and translated the recording.
Language_Name: Avatime Language_Region: Africa Language_Country: Ghana Project_Status: Complete Year: 2008 Start_Date: 2008-05-01 End_Date: 2008-12-31
Format:video/mpeg
audio/x-wav
text/x-eaf+xml
text/plain
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI583037
FTG0145
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI583037%23
Publisher:Saskia Van Putten
Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL)
Subject:Ritual/religious texts
Undetermined language
Avatime (Dominant)
Subject (ISO639):und
Type:Video
Audio

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Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI583037
DateStamp:  2016-09-27
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Citation: AMS (Speaker/Signer); Walter Ray Ofasi (Transcriber); Saskia van Putten (Annotator); Osie: Kwame Harry Felix Adorbor (Speaker/Signer). 2008-08-16. Saskia Van Putten.
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