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0303-20140228 - Preparatory meeting inside the palace

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0303-20140228 - Preparatory meeting inside the palace

Session Information

Session Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0009-E239-4

Title: Preparatory meeting inside the palace

Description: This audio file is the recording of an official meeting held in the main room of the chief's palace in Ajumbu. Many people, especially mature ones, were present at the meeting, but their names are not known. Mr. Sah Nicholas, a very respected man in the village, acts as interpreter and introduces his co-villagers to the work that will take place in the next few days, i.e. the documentation of Ajumbu language through audiovisual recordings of its oral traditions and of some of the key cultural practices (both men's and women's). Most types of verbal art, especially if connected with important secret associations, cannot be performed due to the fact that the aged village chief is very sick (he will die in early 2013). Nelson introduces locals to the experience accumulated in Wum (Divisional capital):after about 20 years of work, a group of local scholars has produced a wealth of literacy materials and now Wum language (Aghem, [agq]) is taught in public schools. Locals are asked to indicate what activities they want us to film and work on with their help.

Date created: 2012-08-11

Location

Continent: Africa

Country: Cameroon

Region: Lower Fungom

Address: Palace, Ajumbu

Project

ID: IPF0180

Name: 0303-IPF0180

Description: Language_Name: Ajumbu and MungbamLanguage_Region: AfricaLanguage_Country: CameroonProject_Status: OngoingYear: 2011Start_Date: 2012-01-02End_Date: 2013-01-02

Keywords

Keyword: Research Presentation

Keyword: Researchers' Presentation

Keyword: Documentation And Cameroon's Language Policy (possible Developments After Documentation As It Happened In Wum Over The Past 20 Years)

Keyword: Importance Of Language Maintenance

Content

Genre: Daily Discourse

Languages

Language

Name: Ajumbu

Language

Name: Cameroonian Pidgin English

Language

Name: English

Actor

Full Name: Ms Mami Ikabi

Actor

Full Name: Mr Sah Nicholas

Actor

Full Name: Mr Tshe Fidelis

Actor

Full Name: Ms Mbam Elizabeth

Actor

Full Name: Nelson Tsongonghei

Actor

Full Name: Pierpaolo Di Carlo

Actor

Full Name: others(there were no less than 20 adults in the room throughout the meeting)

Actor

Full Name: Mr Sah Nicholas

Actor

Full Name: Mr Tshe Fidelis

Actor

Full Name: Ms Mbam Elizabeth

Actor

Full Name: Ms Mami Ikabi

Actor

Full Name: Nelson Tsongonghei

Actor

Full Name: Pierpaolo Di Carlo

Actor

Full Name: others(there were no less than 20 adults in the room throughout the meeting)

Media Files

Filename: aj12_8nv_1c.wav

File handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0009-E23A-2

File type: Audio

Access: U

Recording Equipment: Zoom H4n

Additional Information: This file has not yet been annotated

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