Drum Beating

Authors

George Tucker Childs, Portland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

5-9-2008

Subjects

Endangered languages -- Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone -- Social life and customs, Kim language -- Sierra Leone

Disciplines

African Languages and Societies | Applied Linguistics

Abstract

In this interview, Baigeh Fandewo describes how he and others would throw “komiyɛ" events after someone had died, and continue playing for 3 or 4 nights before finishing.

Location

Africa, Sierra Leone, Nyandehun

Participants

Alie Turay (creator), Tucker Childs (contributor), Baigeh Fandewo (subject), Hannah Sarvasy (transcriber)

Languages

Kim, English

ISO 639

kia, eng

Bundle ID

080509_11

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/29735

Citation Details

Childs, George Tucker, "Drum Beating" (2008). The Kim and Bom Languages of Sierra Leone. 116.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/29735