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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1279429

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Title:Housing Among the Okiek
okiek_traditions001
A Preliminary Documentation of the Okiek Language of Kenya
Contributor (annotator):Shadrack
Contributor (consultant):Konana
Francis
Kirasi
Contributor (depositor):Jane
Contributor (recorder):Louis
Patrick
Contributor (researcher):Jane
Simotwo
Contributor (speaker):Konana
Contributor (translator):David
Coverage:Kenya
Date:2017-07-22
Description:The speaker begins by saying that the Okiek used to live under trees then they started living in houses made of bamboo. Women would build the houses and also knit clothes. He adds that their grandfathers used to live in caves and that there is a clan among the Okiek whose members still live in caves. The Kikuyu then introduced grass thatched houses. He also describes the process of fetching water used by the Okiek.
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).
Jane Oduor is the Okiek language documentor.
Francis Lesingo is very knowledgeable in Okiek language and culture. He introduced me (Jane Oduor)to the Okiek community in Nessuit.
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
David completed a degree course in the University and is waiting to go for attachment
Format:audio/x-wav
video/mp4
text/x-eaf+xml
text/x-pfsx+xml
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1279429
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1279429%23
Publisher:Jane Akinyi Ngala Oduor
University of Nairobi
Subject:Discourse
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:MPI1279429
DateStamp:  2019-04-01
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Search Info

Citation: Konana (speaker); Konana (consultant); Jane (researcher); Jane (depositor); Louis (recorder); Francis (consultant); Kirasi (consultant); Patrick (recorder); Simotwo (researcher); David (translator); Shadrack (annotator). 2017-07-22. Jane Akinyi Ngala Oduor.
Terms: area_Africa country_KE iso639_oki

Inferred Metadata

Country: Kenya
Area: Africa


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