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0136-At the Wake- Closing

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0136-At the Wake- Closing

Session Information

Session Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0008-E639-4

Title: At the Wake: Closing

Description: This recording was made at a wake keeping the night before the funeral of Geoffrey Adjabeng, a clan leader. The men gathered at one of the meeting places in the village and spent the night giving speeches, singing and drinking. This event was recorded by Sammy. No outside observer was present.In this recording, Tsiami Atsu Ganusah closes the wake keeping. The recording has been transcribed, translated and annotated by Fo Yao and Saskia. Tsami Atsu Ganusah tells the people who are at the wake keeping that they are allowed to leave, the wake keeping has closed. Only Avatime is spoken on this recording. Tsiami Atsu Ganusah speaks. Sammy records. The recording has been transcribed and translated by Fo Yao and annotated by Saskia.

Date created: 2008-09-26

Location

Continent: Africa

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Address: meeting place, Vane

Project

ID: FTG0145

Name: 0136-FTG0145

Description: Language_Name: AvatimeLanguage_Region: AfricaLanguage_Country: GhanaProject_Status: CompleteYear: 2008Start_Date: 2008-05-01End_Date: 2008-12-31

Topics

Topic: wake keeping

Keywords

Keyword: speech

Keyword: non-interactive

Keyword: semi-spontaneous

Keyword: no-observer

Keyword: monologue

Content

Genre: Discourse

Languages

Language

Name: Avatime (Dominant)

Actor

Full Name: Saskia van Putten (Annotator)

Role: Participant

Actor

Full Name: Sammy Kwami Oboni (Recorder)

Role: Participant

Actor

Full Name: Tsiami Atsu Ganusah (Speaker/Signer)

Role: Participant

Actor

Full Name: Walter Ray Ofasi (Transcriber)

Role: Participant

Media Files

Filename: wake15-closing_AG.WAV

File handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0008-E63A-A

File type: Audio

Access: S

Written Resources

Filename: wake15-closing_AG.eaf

File handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0008-E63B-0

File type: ELAN

Access: S

Filename: wake15-closing_AG.txt

File handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0008-E63C-9

File type: Document

Access: S

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