Images from 2008-05-03 Documentation of Kim and Bom Languages of Sierre Leone

This Project will document two dying languages spoken in the coastal tidelands of south-eastern Sierra Leone. Only a few score speakers use Kim while even fewer know Bom; all are bilingual in Mende. The languages survive due to the remaining speakers' isolation in tiny fishing villages along a remote tidal estuary. Documentation of the language and culture will be achieved by means of multiple media, performed collaboratively with Kim and Bom people themselves. In addition, Western graduate students, as well as students and lecturers from the national university will be trained and will actively participate in the project. All materials will be digitised and archived locally and internationally. These products will form virtually the only documentation of the people and their language and could also provide the basis for any revitalisation efforts. town chief, husband of Jɛbɛ Section chief mother of A. Moiwo good friend of Maama Khain mother of Solomon Khain Small Belly, student in Kenema Sister? of deceased Kona Lango Sondai Title: Ato Moiwo crossing to Subject: Arthur Moiwo Coverage: Kwako Title: Early morning lake title: Lake morning ii Title: Two chiefs disembark Subject: Tommy Lahai Title: Bokari Jaba and Tomi Lahai Subject: Bockarie Jaba Title: Tomi Lahai Title: Bokari Jaba Title: Morning canoe on lake Title: Morning canoe on Lake ii Title: HS, Mama Kine, Mami Toka, Maako recording Subject: Mami Tucker Subject: Hannah Sarvasy Coverage: Nyandehun Title: Mamai Toka, Kema Janga, Jilo, Ato, HS, Mama Kine Subject: Jilo Musa Subject: Yema (Kema) Janga Subject: Mariama Khain Title: Mami Toka, Maako Subject: Maako Sondai Title: Kema Janga, Jilo singing Title: Kema, Jilo singing ii Title: Kema, Jilo singing iii Title: Kema, Jilo, Ato singing Title: Mami Toka records; Maako listens Title: HS, Mama Kine recording