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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1279469

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Title:A Man who Tricked an Ogre
okiek_narratives006
A Preliminary Documentation of the Okiek Language of Kenya
Contributor (annotator):Aron
Contributor (consultant):Francis
Kirasi
Contributor (recorder):Patrick
Louis
Contributor (researcher):Jane
Simotwo
Contributor (speaker):Zipporah
Contributor (translator):Patrick
Coverage:Kenya
Date:2017-07-22
Description:The speaker narrates a story of some men who found flies in milk which they usually poured on meat. A man was sent to the forest to fetch water and never came back. He was followed by other men who never came back. Only one man remained. This man found out that an ogre had eaten up all the other men. He pretended to be its friend then he killed it. The men who were eaten came out alive.
Francis Lesingo is very knowledgeable in Okiek language and culture. He introduced me (Jane Oduor)to the Okiek community in Nessuit.
Jane Oduor is the Okiek language documentor.
In this project the actor is a consultant as well as a community mobilizer
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
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video/mp4
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1279469
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1279469%23
Publisher:Jane Akinyi Ngala Oduor
University of Nairobi
Subject:Fiction
Okiek language
Subject (ISO639):oki
Type:Audio
Video

OLAC Info

Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1279469
DateStamp:  2019-04-01
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Citation: Francis (consultant); Jane (researcher); Kirasi (consultant); Patrick (recorder); Patrick (translator); Simotwo (researcher); Louis (recorder); Aron (annotator); Zipporah (speaker). 2017-07-22. Jane Akinyi Ngala Oduor.
Terms: area_Africa country_KE iso639_oki

Inferred Metadata

Country: Kenya
Area: Africa


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