oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1172804
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OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1172804 |
| Metadata | ||
| Title: | OKA-AU-T0035 | |
| Digitization of Oswin Kohler's analogue audio recordings of endangered and moribund Khoisan languages | ||
| Contributor: | Oswin Köhler | |
| Kafuro | ||
| Mbongi | ||
| Tinene | ||
| Kayawe | ||
| Gombo | ||
| Coverage: | Namibia | |
| Description: | The swan song of the yèú-kx'àò-mà after a healing ceremony, sung by Kafuro; a yèú-song (healing song), sung by Mbongi; another version of the swan song of the yèú-song (healing song), sung by Tinene; Mbongi invocates the new moon; Kafuro invocates the new moon; Kayawe invocates the new moon; Tinene invocates the new moon; Gombo invocates the new moon; a fortuneteller questions an axe handle, spoken by Kafuro; Kafuro invocates the ancestors and asks for blessing for the hunt | |
| Oswin Köhler was one of the most important German Africanists of the second generation. He headed the Institute of African Studies at the University of Cologne from 1957 until his retirement in 1977. He studied many African languages from the Khoisan, Bantu, Gur and Nilotic language groups or families. His academic legacy is currently kept in the Oswin Köhler Archive at the Institute of African Studies of the Goethe University Frankfurt. | ||
| Kafuro († 1982) was one of Oswin Köhler's main consultants between 1965 and 1970, and a musician (songs to calabash resonated musical bow). Further information in Köhler, Oswin (1989): Die Welt der Kxoé-Buschleute. Vol. 1: Die Kxoé-Buschleute und ihre ethnische Umgebung, Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, pp. 33-38 | ||
| Mbongi († 1974) was Köhler's field assistant and consultant between 1957 and 1974. Further information in Köhler, Oswin (1989): Die Welt der Kxoé-Buschleute. Vol. 1: Die Kxoé-Buschleute und ihre ethnische Umgebung, Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, pp. 25-30 | ||
| Tinene was one of Oswin Köhler's so-called 'side-consultants' with whom he worked only occasionally between 1968 and 1988; father of Ndo | ||
| Kayawe was one of Oswin Köhler's so-called 'side-consultants' with whom he worked only occasionally between 1968 and 1988; father of ǁHãĩ | ||
| Gombo was one of Oswin Köhler's main consultants from 1974 onwards. Further information in Köhler, Oswin (1989): Die Welt der Kxoé-Buschleute. Vol. 1: Die Kxoé-Buschleute und ihre ethnische Umgebung, Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, pp. 45-51 | ||
| Format: | audio/x-wav | |
| Identifier: | oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1172804 | |
| LMG0005 | ||
| Identifier (URI): | https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1172804%23 | |
| Publisher: | Gertrud Boden | |
| Oswin Köhler Archive, Institut für Afrikanistik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt | ||
| Subject: | Kxoe language | |
| Khwe | ||
| Subject (ISO639): | xuu | |
| Type: | Audio | |
OLAC Info |
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| 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 |
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| OaiIdentifier: | oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1172804 | |
| DateStamp: | 2018-06-19 | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for simple DC format | |
Search Info | ||
| Citation: | Oswin Köhler; Kafuro; Mbongi; Tinene; Kayawe; Gombo. n.d. Gertrud Boden. | |
| Terms: | area_Africa country_NA iso639_xuu | |
Inferred Metadata | ||
| Country: | Namibia | |
| Area: | Africa | |