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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1279442

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Title:The Clearing of the Forest
okiek_songs001
A Preliminary Documentation of the Okiek Language of Kenya
Contributor (annotator):Billy
Ochieng'
Shadrack
Contributor (consultant):Francis
Kirasi
Konana
Contributor (depositor):Jane
Contributor (recorder):Louis
Contributor (researcher):Jane
Simotwo
Contributor (singer):Mamaye
Contributor (speaker):Susana
Rosa
Hellena
Contributor (translator):Patrick
Coverage:Kenya
Date:2017-02-18
Description:This is a song involving four singers. They are singing about defects of deforestation of the Mau Forest.
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
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
Rosa is the narrator of the story in session 3 (okiek_narratives003)
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).
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.
Format:audio/x-wav
video/mp4
text/x-pfsx+xml
text/x-eaf+xml
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1279442
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1279442%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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OAI Info

OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1279442
DateStamp:  2019-04-01
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Search Info

Citation: Francis (consultant); Kirasi (consultant); Jane (researcher); Jane (depositor); Simotwo (researcher); Louis (recorder); Susana (speaker); Rosa (speaker); Hellena (speaker); Konana (consultant); Mamaye (singer); Billy (annotator); Patrick (translator); 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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