Tommy Bassei Monkey (Part 1)

Authors

George Tucker Childs, Portland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

11-23-2008

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 audio interview, Tommy Bassei relates the story of the Leopard and the Monkey, in which Leopard attempts to obtain a medicine in the monkeys' possession that would allow him to leap through the treetops.

Location

Africa, Sierra Leone, Tei

Participants

Tucker Childs (creator, contributor), Tommy Bassei (transcription consultant, subject), Hannah Sarvasy (transcriber)

Languages

Kim

ISO 639

kia

Bundle ID

081123_01

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30214

Citation Details

Childs, George Tucker, "Tommy Bassei Monkey (Part 1)" (2008). The Kim and Bom Languages of Sierra Leone. 20.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30214