OLAC Record: A Documentation of Bati Language and Oral Traditions

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Title: Interaction among women during farm cultivation

Kell_Interaction-at-Work_04

A Documentation of Bati Language and Oral Traditions

Contributor: ASSOMO

BELOMO MESSOMO

MAKON

Contributor (consultant): MBOCK-R

NGO BONG

KITOUGA

TONYE

NKWEL-R

BOT

Contributor (researcher): NGUE UM

Coverage: Cameroon

Date: 2017-06-14

Description: This session has been recorded on the occasion of group work by Kelleng women's association known as The Active Women of Kelleng (Femmes Actives de Kelleng). Being a social group, The Active Women of Kelleng's Association also carries out cooperative work. Work sessions are convened rotatively to the benefit of each individual member. Apart from empowering their work force in view of better yield, cooperative labour also strenghtens social ties between members. Membership to the Kelleng Women's Association is discriminative; only women are qualified to apply for membership. Being a closed social group, the Kelleng Women's Association is a socializing space where women talk to each other freely and confidently.

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.

This session has been recorded on the occasion of group work by Kelleng women's association known as The Active Women of Kelleng (Femmes Actives de Kelleng). Being a social group, The Active Women of Kelleng's Association is also carries out cooperative work. Work sessions are convened rotatively to the benefit of each individual member. Apart from empowering their work force in view of better yield, cooperative labour also strenghtens social ties between members. Membership to the Kelleng Women's Association is discriminative; only women are qualified to apply for membership. Being a closed social group, the Kelleng Women's Association is a socializing space where women talk to each other freely and confidently.

This session displays a melting pot of many language varieties, among which Kelleng seems to emerge as the dominant variety, based on statistics calculation (See Ngué Um, to appear). Other speech varieties include: Bisoo, Basaa, Baca, Eton, and French.

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.

Belomo Messomo Nadine is a native speaker of Eton. She came to mariage in Kelleng less than about two years ago at the time of recording. When the research team first recorded the women's association on July 27 2016, Belomo Messomo had just joined the women's group. At that time, she could only speak a few words in Kelleng. During 2017 fieldwork touring, researchers were impressed with the progress she had made in Kelleng. During the present recording, she was able to follow along and participate in the interaction quite well.

Mbock Ruth is the Spouse of Mbock Michel, the Chief of Mbog Bikom Quarter in Kelleng. She is the president of the Active Women of Kelleng's Association at the time of recording of the present session.

The group work session during which the present recording has been made takes in Kituga Helene's farm. She is the secretary for the Active Women of Kelleng's Association at the time of recording of the current session.

Nkwel Rose native speaker of Bisoo. She came to mariage in Kelleng village and has since become fluent in the local variety.

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).

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.

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Publisher: Ngué Um Emmanuel

International Center for Research and Documentation on African Traditions and Languages (CERDOTOLA)

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Citation: ASSOMO; BELOMO MESSOMO; MBOCK-R (consultant); NGO BONG (consultant); KITOUGA (consultant); TONYE (consultant); NKWEL-R (consultant); NGUE UM (researcher); MAKON; BOT (consultant). 2017-06-14. Ngué Um Emmanuel.

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Title:		Interaction among women during farm cultivation
		Kell_Interaction-at-Work_04
		A Documentation of Bati Language and Oral Traditions
Contributor:		ASSOMO
		BELOMO MESSOMO
		MAKON
Contributor (consultant):		MBOCK-R
		NGO BONG
		KITOUGA
		TONYE
		NKWEL-R
		BOT
Contributor (researcher):		NGUE UM
Coverage:		Cameroon
Date:		2017-06-14
Description:		This session has been recorded on the occasion of group work by Kelleng women's association known as The Active Women of Kelleng (Femmes Actives de Kelleng). Being a social group, The Active Women of Kelleng's Association also carries out cooperative work. Work sessions are convened rotatively to the benefit of each individual member. Apart from empowering their work force in view of better yield, cooperative labour also strenghtens social ties between members. Membership to the Kelleng Women's Association is discriminative; only women are qualified to apply for membership. Being a closed social group, the Kelleng Women's Association is a socializing space where women talk to each other freely and confidently.
		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.
		This session has been recorded on the occasion of group work by Kelleng women's association known as The Active Women of Kelleng (Femmes Actives de Kelleng). Being a social group, The Active Women of Kelleng's Association is also carries out cooperative work. Work sessions are convened rotatively to the benefit of each individual member. Apart from empowering their work force in view of better yield, cooperative labour also strenghtens social ties between members. Membership to the Kelleng Women's Association is discriminative; only women are qualified to apply for membership. Being a closed social group, the Kelleng Women's Association is a socializing space where women talk to each other freely and confidently.
		This session displays a melting pot of many language varieties, among which Kelleng seems to emerge as the dominant variety, based on statistics calculation (See Ngué Um, to appear). Other speech varieties include: Bisoo, Basaa, Baca, Eton, and French.
		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.
		Belomo Messomo Nadine is a native speaker of Eton. She came to mariage in Kelleng less than about two years ago at the time of recording. When the research team first recorded the women's association on July 27 2016, Belomo Messomo had just joined the women's group. At that time, she could only speak a few words in Kelleng. During 2017 fieldwork touring, researchers were impressed with the progress she had made in Kelleng. During the present recording, she was able to follow along and participate in the interaction quite well.
		Mbock Ruth is the Spouse of Mbock Michel, the Chief of Mbog Bikom Quarter in Kelleng. She is the president of the Active Women of Kelleng's Association at the time of recording of the present session.
		The group work session during which the present recording has been made takes in Kituga Helene's farm. She is the secretary for the Active Women of Kelleng's Association at the time of recording of the current session.
		Nkwel Rose native speaker of Bisoo. She came to mariage in Kelleng village and has since become fluent in the local variety.
		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).
		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.
Format:		video/mp4
		image/jpeg
		audio/x-wav
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1101540
Identifier:		MDP0332
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1101540%23
Publisher:		Ngué Um Emmanuel
Publisher:		International Center for Research and Documentation on African Traditions and Languages (CERDOTOLA)
Subject:		Discourse
		Conversation
		Gossip
Type:		Video
		Image
		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:MPI1101540
DateStamp:		2019-03-31
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		ASSOMO; BELOMO MESSOMO; MBOCK-R (consultant); NGO BONG (consultant); KITOUGA (consultant); TONYE (consultant); NKWEL-R (consultant); NGUE UM (researcher); MAKON; BOT (consultant). 2017-06-14. Ngué Um Emmanuel.