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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1279456

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Title:Enemies of the Okiek and Employment by the White Man
okiek_narratives019
A Preliminary Documentation of the Okiek Language of Kenya
Contributor (annotator):Shadrack
Billy
Contributor (consultant):Kirasi
Francis
Konana
Contributor (depositor):Jane
Contributor (recorder):Patrick
Louis
Contributor (researcher):Jane
Simotwo
Contributor (speaker):Kamunge
Contributor (translator):David
Coverage:Kenya
Date:2018-07-22
Description:The speaker tell a story of how the enemies of the Okiek used to wait for them where they fetched water and then kill them. For this reason, they migrated. He also hints on the honey which is given as dowry and how they started trusting the white man when he started employing people. He laments how their land has been taken.
Jane Oduor is the Okiek language documentor.
In this project the actor is a consultant as well as a community mobilizer
Francis Lesingo is very knowledgeable in Okiek language and culture. He introduced me (Jane Oduor)to the Okiek community in Nessuit.
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.
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
David completed a degree course in the University and is waiting to go for attachment
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).
Format:audio/x-wav
video/mp4
text/x-eaf+xml
text/x-pfsx+xml
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1279456
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1279456%23
Publisher:Jane Akinyi Ngala Oduor
University of Nairobi
Subject:Fiction
Narrative
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:MPI1279456
DateStamp:  2019-04-01
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Search Info

Citation: Kamunge (speaker); Jane (researcher); Jane (depositor); Kirasi (consultant); Francis (consultant); Patrick (recorder); Simotwo (researcher); Louis (recorder); Shadrack (annotator); Billy (annotator); David (translator); Konana (consultant). 2018-07-22. Jane Akinyi Ngala Oduor.
Terms: area_Africa country_KE iso639_oki

Inferred Metadata

Country: Kenya
Area: Africa


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