This project documents 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 is 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 are trained and actively participate in the project. All materials will be digitized and archived both 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 revitalization efforts.

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Submissions from 2009

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Boi Tua and Hawa Ngajo Sanja: On Old Prices, George Tucker Childs

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Boi Tua asks Hawa Ngajo Sanja about Lovers, George Tucker Childs

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Boi Tua: Last Words, George Tucker Childs

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Hawa Idrisa: Last Words, George Tucker Childs

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Hawa Idrissa asks Hawa Ngajo Sanja about Tenjamaa, George Tucker Childs

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Hawa Idrissa asks Hawa Ngajo Sanja about Witch Death Process (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

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Hawa Idrissa asks Hawa Ngajo Sanja about Witch Death Process (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

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Hawa Ngajo Sanja asks Boi Tua about Lovers, George Tucker Childs

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Hawa Ngajo Sanja asks Jilo Sigbi about Ghosts, George Tucker Childs

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Hawa Ngajo Sanja on Tenjamaa, George Tucker Childs

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Hawa Sanja asks Manu Joni about Cooking Soup, George Tucker Childs

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Hawa Sanja asks Manu Joni about Work Accidents (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

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Hawa Sanja asks Manu Joni about Work Accidents (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

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Hawa Sanja: Last Words, George Tucker Childs

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Jilo Sigbi and Hawa Ngajo Sanja: On Witchcraft (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

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Jilo Sigbi and Hawa Ngajo Sanja: On Witchcraft (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

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Jilo Sigbi and Manu Joni: Conversation, George Tucker Childs

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Jilo Sigbi: Last Words, George Tucker Childs

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Jita Bahna and Yema Munda: Games, George Tucker Childs

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JJ Kongaima, George Tucker Childs

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Kema Sokondie and Yema Gbandiya on Yema Gbandiya's Whole Life, George Tucker Childs

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Kema Sokondie and Yema Gbanyande: On Saande, George Tucker Childs

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Kema Sokondie and Yema Munda: On Ihiyɛ, George Tucker Childs

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Kema Sokondie and Yema Munda: On Pɛlelɛ, George Tucker Childs

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Kema Sokondie and Yema Munda (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

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Kema Sokondie and Yema Munda (Part 2: Cassava Planting), George Tucker Childs

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Kema Sokondie and Yema Munda (Part 3: Children and Bom), George Tucker Childs

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Kema Sokondie and Yema Munda (Part 4: Children, Respect), George Tucker Childs

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Mahain Jabati: On Theft, George Tucker Childs

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Mahain Jabaty and Yema Munda: On Bom Language, George Tucker Childs

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Mahain Jabaty and Yema Munda: On Witchcraft, George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni and Boi Tua: Introductions and Conversation, George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni and Hawa Idrissa: Interview, George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni and Hawa Sanja Interview, George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni and Hawa Sanja: On Children and Bom (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni and Hawa Sanja: On Children and Bom (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni and Hawa Sanja: On Saande (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni and Hawa Sanja: On Saande (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni and Hawa Sanja: On Sickness, George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni and Hawa Sanja: On Theft (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni and Hawa Sanja: On Theft (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni and Hawa Sanja: On Their Children, George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni asks Hawa Sanja about Cassava Farming, George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni asks Hawa Sanja about Ghosts, George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni asks Hawa Sanja about Work Accidents, George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni Elaborates on Giving Soup to Others, George Tucker Childs

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Manu Joni: Last Words, George Tucker Childs

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Mbimba Tua with Tommy Ngombu Sogbaleh, George Tucker Childs

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Move Away Song, George Tucker Childs

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Nasu Abu and Yema Gbadiya: On Childhood (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

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Nasu Abu and Yema Gbandiya: On Childhood (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

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Nasu Abu and Yema Gbandiya: On Witchcraft, George Tucker Childs

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Palm Harvest: Breaking Clusters, George Tucker Childs

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Rice Farming, George Tucker Childs

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Rice Farming: Introduction, George Tucker Childs

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Sampor Kugba, George Tucker Childs

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Sampor (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

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Sampor (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

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Sampor (Part 3), George Tucker Childs

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Sampor (Part 4), George Tucker Childs

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Sampor (Part 5), George Tucker Childs

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Sampor (Part 6), George Tucker Childs

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Sampor (Part 7), George Tucker Childs

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Sampor (Part 8), George Tucker Childs

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Sata Saji and Hawa Sanja, George Tucker Childs

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Sogbaleh JJ Kongaima, George Tucker Childs

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Sogbaleh JJ Kongaima Stories, George Tucker Childs

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Sogbaleh (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

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Sogbaleh (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

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Sogbaleh (Part 3), George Tucker Childs

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Sogbaleh (Part 4), George Tucker Childs

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Sogbaleh Women Song Baam Lomu Kona (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

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Sogbaleh Women Song Baam Lomu Kona (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

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Sogbaleh Women Song (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

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Sogbaleh Women Song (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

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Tommy Kwemie, George Tucker Childs

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Women's Initiation, George Tucker Childs

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Yema Gbandia and Yema Gbanyande: On Theft, George Tucker Childs

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Yema Gbanyande and Yema Munda: On Farmhouse Stays, George Tucker Childs

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Yema Munda and Yema Gbandiya: On Children and Bom, George Tucker Childs

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Yema Munda and Yema Gbandiya: On Men and Women's Work, George Tucker Childs

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Yema Munda: On Her Children, George Tucker Childs

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Yema Munda: On Life, George Tucker Childs

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Yema Munda: On Tenjamaa, George Tucker Childs

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Palm Oil Processing, George Tucker Childs and George Tucker Childs

Submissions from 2008

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Abu Sesay Introduction, George Tucker Childs

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Abu Sesay Mblama History, George Tucker Childs

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Adama Mende and Baigeh Fandewo: Married Life, George Tucker Childs

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Adama Mende and Mama Jilo Short Pieces, George Tucker Childs

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Adama Mende: Chief Selection, George Tucker Childs

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Adama Mende Family, George Tucker Childs

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Adama Mende Song "Saande", George Tucker Childs

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Alfa Bonda Accident, George Tucker Childs

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Alfa Bonda Final Words, George Tucker Childs

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Alfa Bonda Introduction, George Tucker Childs

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Alfa Bonda Land Quarrel, George Tucker Childs

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Alfa Bonda talks About Yema, George Tucker Childs

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Alfa Bonda Youth, George Tucker Childs

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Apoma, George Tucker Childs

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Arthur Moiwo Interviewed, George Tucker Childs