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Title:Women's Association meeting
Kell-Social-Event_01
A Documentation of Bati Language and Oral Traditions
Contributor:MAKON
ASSOMO
Contributor (consultant):BELOMO MESSOMO
Dorothée
KITOUGA
MATOLO
MBOCK
Mbombo
TONYE
NGO YANA
Cathy
NLOBE
MEYILE
BONG
MBESSI MAKONDO
Contributor (researcher):NGUE UM
Coverage:Cameroon
Date:2016-03-17
Description:The meeting is a monthly gathering of the women's association called 'Femmes Actives de Kelleng' (The Active Women of Kelleng). On this specific month, the meeting was hosted by .... who lives at Mbog Bikom one of the quarters of Kelleng which is located on the Kelleng - Kikot road. On the occasion of this meeting, ritual activities such as money collection (njangui) for savings, health insurance, and support for food supply, are performed. Each activity is regularly interupted by entertainment breaks during which songs are sung, often embelished with rudimentary muscial instruments, dances and dinghies. Though attendance of the meeting is open only to regular members, and in spite of the association being open exlusivement to women, that month's meeting was attended by non regular members as well, among which there were many males attendees. The research team has also been invited to attend the meeting. However, non regular attendees were not settled in the meeting hall; they have been kindly requested to settle outsite, and wait for food sharing which happens at the end of the meeting. In the course of that meeting, brand new uniforms were distributed to each associaton member, which has brought in addition thrills to the event.
The project to Document aspects of Bati language and oral traditions is an original idea of Dr Emmanuel-Moselly Makasso, who had initially surveyed the Bati speech area as part of a pilot research project granted by the Ministry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation of the Republic of Cameroon. Based on the results of this pilot research which have revealed a situation of critical endangerment of Bati language and ancestral practices, the idea to submit a major documentation project to ELDP has matured. The project has eventually been submitted during the 2015 funding round with Dr Emmanuel Ngué Um as Principal Investigator, and Dr Emmanuel-Moselly Makasso as co-applicant. The project started in October 1st, 2015, and will run till the 30th of September in 2018.
The meeting is a monthly gathering of the women's association called 'Femmes Actives de Kelleng' (The Active Women of Kelleng). On this specific month, the meeting was hosted by .... who lives at ...., one of the quarters of Kelleng which is located on the Kelleng - Kikot road. On the occasion of this meeting, ritual activities such as money collection (njangui) for savings, health insurance, and support for food supply, are performed. Each activity is regularly interupted by entertainment breaks during which songs are sung, often embelished with rudimentary muscial instruments, dances and dinghies. Though attendance of the meeting is open only to regular members, and in spite of the association being open exlusivement to women, that month's meeting was attended by non regular members as well, among which there were many males attendees. The research team has also been invited to attend the meeting. However, non regular attendees were not settled in the meeting hall; they have been kindly requested to settle outsite, and wait for food sharing which happens at the end of the meeting. In the course of that meeting, brand new uniforms were distributed to each associaton member, which has brought in addition thrills to the event.
Gwladys Makon is a team research member for the Bati projet. She is enrolled in the PHD programme at the Department of African Languages and Linguistics. Makon is a PHD fellow for the Bati projet, and she is mainly concerned with providing a comprehensive grammatical description of Bati language, all three dialects inclusive. During her undergraduate study at the Department of African Languages and Linguistics at the University of Yaoundé I, Gwladys Makon has red, among others, the followingn subjets: Introduction to general linguistics, phonetics, phonology (with special emphasis on Bantu languages), introduction to sociolinguistics, language teaching, language planning, etc.
Mbessi Makondo Gilbert as acted as one of the key informants for the research team during the first year of the project. Due to his extensive multilingualism coupled with a high sense of public network and relations, he has assisted the research team in most of their whereabouts throughout the various consultants who have agreed to lend themselves to research exercises. In some cases, Mbessi Gilbert has acted as the interviewer. This approach has been privileged in surveys dealing with anthropological, cultural and religous aspects. He had been trained by the research team in the monitoring of interviews, and in questionnaire administration, and has proven to be a talented and committed research assistant.
Emmanuel Ngué Um is the Principal Investigator for the Bati project. He is mainly employed at the University of Yaoundé one where he holds the position of Senior Lectuer of Linguistics, in the Departement of Cameroonian Languages and Cultures at the Higher Teacher Training School. Ngué Um is also Associate Researcher at CERDOTOLA, where he is charged with the responsibility of Archive Manager for ALORA (Archive of Languages and Oral Resources of Africa).
Assomo Celestine Ghislaine is a PhD student who is enroled in the Linguistic program at the University of Yaoundé I, Department of African Languages and Linguistics. She has completed her gratuade program in the same Department, and later on graduated with a Master's Degree in descriptive Linguistics in 2015. Ghislaine Assomo is part of the research team working on the documentation of Bati language and Oral traditions. She works on the project on a part-time basis; the remaining part of her schedule being devoted to her PhD research, which deals with aspects of Multilingualism within the broader area covered by the overall Bati Canton.
Bati [btc] Littoral region: Sanaga-Maritime division, Ndom subdivision, Bati canton, 4 villages; Centre region: Mbam-and-Inoubou division. 800 (1975 census). Status: 6a (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Bati Ba Ngong, Bati de Brousse. Dialects: None known. Considered closely related to the Yambassa languages of the Mbam, in particular Nubaca [baf].Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Sanaga (A.65). Basaa [bas] Littoral region: Nkam and Sanaga-Maritime divisions; Centre region: spread throughout Nyong-and-Kéllé division; South region: Océan division; West region: Menoua division. 300,000 (2005 SIL). Based on the actual population of the subdivisions where the Basaa people are present, as of the official 2005 census (2014 C. Hamm). Status: 5 (Developing). Alternate Names: Basa, Bassa, Bicek, Bikyek, Bisaa, Mbele, Mee, Mvele, Northern Mbene, Tupen. Dialects: Bakem, Bon, Bibeng, Diboum, Log, Mpo, Mbang, Ndokama, Basso, Ndokbele, Ndokpenda, Nyamtam. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Basaa (A.43). Bakoko [bkh] Littoral region: scattered communities; Wouri division, south of Douala; Moungo division, south of Dibombari; Nkam division, Nkondjok area; Sanaga-Maritime division, southwest of Edéa; South region: northwest Océan division; West region: Haut-Nkam division. 50,000 (1982 SIL), increasing. Status: 6a (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Basoo. Dialects:Adie (Basoo Ba Die, Basoo D’edea, Elog Mpoo), Bisoo (Adiangok, Basoo Ba Likol, Basso), Mbang (Dimbambang), Yabyang (Yabyang-Yapeke), Yakalak (Yakalag), Yapoma, Yassuku (Yasoukou, Yasug, Yasuku). Classification:Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Basaa (A.43). Comments: Christian, traditional religion. Nubaca [baf] Centre region: Mbam-and-Inoubou division, Bokito subdivision, Yangben canton, south of Yangben, Bongo village, 8 quartiers: Puéméné, Galala, Bupili, Buyatolo, Gafogo, Buaya, Ganok, and Nikoss. 4,500 (2007 SIL). No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 5,000. Status: 6b (Threatened). Alternate Names: Bongo, Nu Baca, Southern Yambassa, Yambassa. Dialects: Center Nubaca, Kélendé, Nibiég. No significant dialect differences. Not intelligible with other Yambassa language varieties. Lexical similarity: 59% with Mbule [mlb], 66% with Yangben [yav], 55% with Elip [ekm], and 58% with Mmaala [mmu] (2015 G. Boyd). Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Sanaga (A.621). Comments: Christian, traditional religion. Basaa [bas] Littoral region: Nkam and Sanaga-Maritime divisions; Centre region: spread throughout Nyong-and-Kéllé division; South region: Océan division; West region: Menoua division. 300,000 (2005 SIL). Based on the actual population of the subdivisions where the Basaa people are present, as of the official 2005 census (2014 C. Hamm). Status: 5 (Developing). Alternate Names: Basa, Bassa, Bicek, Bikyek, Bisaa, Mbele, Mee, Mvele, Northern Mbene, Tupen. Dialects: Bakem, Bon, Bibeng, Diboum, Log, Mpo, Mbang, Ndokama, Basso, Ndokbele, Ndokpenda, Nyamtam. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Basaa (A.43). Eton [eto] Centre region: most of Lekié division. 250,000 (2005 census). Based on census results for whole Lekie division. Delpech (1985: 161), cited in Van de Velde 2006, gives 250,000 in 1982 (2014 C. Hamm). Status: 6a (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Iton. Dialects: Southern Eton (Iton Nke, Upper Eton), Northern Eton (Iton Ekwe, Lower Eton). Intelligible of Bulu [bum], Ewondo [ewo], and Fang [fan]. Reportedly most similar to Mengisa [mct]. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Ewondo-Fang (A.71). Comments: Christian, traditional religion. French [fra] Mainly Littoral, West, Centre, South, East, Adamawa, North, and Far North regions. L2 users: 8,440,000 in Cameroon (2013). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1996, Constitution, Article 1(3)). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French. Comments: Non-indigenous. Basaa [bas] Littoral region: Nkam and Sanaga-Maritime divisions; Centre region: spread throughout Nyong-and-Kéllé division; South region: Océan division; West region: Menoua division. 300,000 (2005 SIL). Based on the actual population of the subdivisions where the Basaa people are present, as of the official 2005 census (2014 C. Hamm). Status: 5 (Developing). Alternate Names: Basa, Bassa, Bicek, Bikyek, Bisaa, Mbele, Mee, Mvele, Northern Mbene, Tupen. Dialects: Bakem, Bon, Bibeng, Diboum, Log, Mpo, Mbang, Ndokama, Basso, Ndokbele, Ndokpenda, Nyamtam. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Basaa (A.43). citation from Ethnologue:Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com."
Rémon Matolo is one of the main consultants for the Bati project. He is the younger brother of the Canton's Chief, who is settled in Yaoundé on regular basis. In this capacity, he is the actual ruling Chief in the Canton, and is refered to by the population for any matter which requires mediation from the Chiefdom.
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Wowen's meeting
social activities of the Women's association group
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Citation: BELOMO MESSOMO (consultant); Dorothée (consultant); KITOUGA (consultant); MATOLO (consultant); MBOCK (consultant); Mbombo (consultant); TONYE (consultant); NGO YANA (consultant); Cathy (consultant); NLOBE (consultant); MEYILE (consultant); BONG (consultant); MAKON; MBESSI MAKONDO (consultant); NGUE UM (researcher); ASSOMO; MATOLO (consultant). 2016-03-17. Ngué Um Emmanuel.


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