OLAC Record: Kell_Historical-Life

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Title: Ancestral life - part 1 - Kelleng village

Kell_Historical-Life_01

Contributor: MATESSI

Contributor (consultant): BITJAA

BETINE

MBESSI MAKONDO

Contributor (researcher): NGUE UM

Coverage: Cameroon

Date: 2016-06-12

Description: This session deals with the historical life of the Mbangele, otherwise known as Bati. The interview is monitored by a native of Kelleng village who has lived for a long time in the village with the consultant. The focus of this session is on aspects of the ancestral life of the Mbangele people which tend to be lost because they are not passed down to younger generations. The recording takes place at the consultant's house, an elderny woman who is reputed in Kelleng for her wit and faithful memory, and who had been exposed continuously to custodians of ancestral traditions in the course of her yound age through out her entire life. Questions which are laid down to guide the consultant relate to the historical life per se, but also to aspects of oral literature such as lullabies and other traditional songs.

'Mama' BITJAA Juliette is one of the oldest person still living in Kelleng. She was born and grew up in Kelleng. Eventually, she maried a man from Yangben and they went and settled in the city (Duala, and Edea). After the death of ther husband, 'Mama' BITJAA Juliette went to live in her lat husband village. While she and her children were living in Yangben, they were face with harrassment from her family-in-law. In order to escape this harrassement, she moved to Kelleng where she has lived continuously up till the date of the present recording. 'Mama' BITJAA Juliette is also Deacon at the local Presbiterian Church. She has expressed her deep and proud commitment to her mission in the course of our recording.

Betine has lived continuously in Kelleng since the return of her mother from Yangben following the death of her husband. Prior to coming in Kelleng, Betine has spent his chilhood in Edea with his parents. After the death of his father, her mother first moved to Yangben the native village of her husband. She eventually had to leave Yangben to come to Kelleng her native village due to harrassement from her family-in-law. Betine claims to have lived close to elder people, which is in justification for his knowledge of the cultural, social and religious life of the Bati people. I addition, he is a catechist fot the Protestant Church in Kelleng, which exposes him to regular interaction not only with Bati inhabitants, but also outsiders.

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).

MATESSI Philomène had come to Kelleng less than two months ago prior to the the recording of the present session. She is girlfried to 'Mama' BITJAA's younger son. She does not take active part in the interaction partly because of her limited knowledge of Kelleng, and perhaps also because of her family status as new comer to the family and village.

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Citation: BITJAA (consultant); BETINE (consultant); MBESSI MAKONDO (consultant); NGUE UM (researcher); MATESSI. 2016-06-12. Endangered Languages Archive.

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Metadata
Title:		Ancestral life - part 1 - Kelleng village
Title:		Kell_Historical-Life_01
Contributor:		MATESSI
Contributor (consultant):		BITJAA
		BETINE
		MBESSI MAKONDO
Contributor (researcher):		NGUE UM
Coverage:		Cameroon
Date:		2016-06-12
Description:		This session deals with the historical life of the Mbangele, otherwise known as Bati. The interview is monitored by a native of Kelleng village who has lived for a long time in the village with the consultant. The focus of this session is on aspects of the ancestral life of the Mbangele people which tend to be lost because they are not passed down to younger generations. The recording takes place at the consultant's house, an elderny woman who is reputed in Kelleng for her wit and faithful memory, and who had been exposed continuously to custodians of ancestral traditions in the course of her yound age through out her entire life. Questions which are laid down to guide the consultant relate to the historical life per se, but also to aspects of oral literature such as lullabies and other traditional songs.
		'Mama' BITJAA Juliette is one of the oldest person still living in Kelleng. She was born and grew up in Kelleng. Eventually, she maried a man from Yangben and they went and settled in the city (Duala, and Edea). After the death of ther husband, 'Mama' BITJAA Juliette went to live in her lat husband village. While she and her children were living in Yangben, they were face with harrassment from her family-in-law. In order to escape this harrassement, she moved to Kelleng where she has lived continuously up till the date of the present recording. 'Mama' BITJAA Juliette is also Deacon at the local Presbiterian Church. She has expressed her deep and proud commitment to her mission in the course of our recording.
		Betine has lived continuously in Kelleng since the return of her mother from Yangben following the death of her husband. Prior to coming in Kelleng, Betine has spent his chilhood in Edea with his parents. After the death of his father, her mother first moved to Yangben the native village of her husband. She eventually had to leave Yangben to come to Kelleng her native village due to harrassement from her family-in-law. Betine claims to have lived close to elder people, which is in justification for his knowledge of the cultural, social and religious life of the Bati people. I addition, he is a catechist fot the Protestant Church in Kelleng, which exposes him to regular interaction not only with Bati inhabitants, but also outsiders.
		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).
		MATESSI Philomène had come to Kelleng less than two months ago prior to the the recording of the present session. She is girlfried to 'Mama' BITJAA's younger son. She does not take active part in the interaction partly because of her limited knowledge of Kelleng, and perhaps also because of her family status as new comer to the family and village.
Format:		video/mp4
Format:		audio/x-wav
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1101778
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1101778%23
Type:		Video
Type:		Audio
OLAC Info
Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:		Pre-generated XML file
OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1101778
DateStamp:		2019-03-31
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		BITJAA (consultant); BETINE (consultant); MBESSI MAKONDO (consultant); NGUE UM (researcher); MATESSI. 2016-06-12. Endangered Languages Archive.