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Mani, a Disappearing Language of Sierra Leone and Guinea

This collection includes vital records for the dying language Mani, once widely spoken in the coastal Samou region of Guinea (Conakry) and Sierra Leone. Many other of the less widely spoken languages of the Atlantic Group (Niger-Congo) are under threat; the disappearance of Mani is virtually certain. The few fluent speakers are all over fifty years old, and there are no monolingual Mani speakers. Fieldwork began during July of 2000, when the depositors and several of their colleagues from the Centre d’Étude des Langues Guinéennes (University of Conakry) spent a month in the field assessing the vitality of the language.

Submissions from 2012 2012

Marta on Mani Project, George Tucker Childs

Tucker Childs Speaks on the Mani Documentation Project, George Tucker Childs

Kasabi cε ŋɔ aMani acε (Mani History), George Tucker Childs, Morlay Boyo Keita, and Foday JD Camara

Mani: Buk 1, George Tucker Childs, Meghan Oswalt, Dan Oswalt, and Hannah Sarvasy

Mani: Buk 2, George Tucker Childs, Meghan Oswalt, Dan Oswalt, and Hannah Sarvasy

Mani: Buk 3, George Tucker Childs, Meghan Oswalt, Dan Oswalt, and Hannah Sarvasy

Mani: Buk 4, George Tucker Childs, Meghan Oswalt, Dan Oswalt, and Hannah Sarvasy

Submissions from 2009 2009

Children Say Bye, George Tucker Childs

Councillor 15 Years Ago, George Tucker Childs

Councillor Ashamed, George Tucker Childs

Councillor Child (Speak to a Child), George Tucker Childs

Councillor Proud, George Tucker Childs

Distributing Books, George Tucker Childs

Story 1 (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

Story 1 (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

Story 2 (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

Story 2 (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

Story 3, George Tucker Childs

Story 4, George Tucker Childs

Story 5, George Tucker Childs

Story 7, George Tucker Childs

Story 8, George Tucker Childs

Tangba Children's Choir, George Tucker Childs

Submissions from 2006 2006

Traffic and Palm Wine, George Tucker Childs

Submissions from 2005 2005

A Man and his Four Wives (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

A Man and His Four Wives (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

A Man and His Four Wives (Part 3), George Tucker Childs

A Man and His Four Wives (Part 4), George Tucker Childs

Devil and Tapster 1, George Tucker Childs

Devil and Tapster 2, George Tucker Childs

Devil and Tapster 3, George Tucker Childs

Dog and Monkey (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

Dog and Monkey (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

Herbalist (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

Herbalist (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

Herbalist (Part 3), George Tucker Childs

History of the Mani, George Tucker Childs

Mani History, George Tucker Childs

Monmodu the Hunter, George Tucker Childs

Puff Adder, George Tucker Childs

Safrot, Firewood and the Silver Ring, George Tucker Childs

The Blacksmith, George Tucker Childs

The Story of a Rabbit, George Tucker Childs

The Story of the Shrike, George Tucker Childs

Why Dogs Have No Names (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

Why Dogs Have No Names (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

Submissions from 2004 2004

Ancien Katon (Part 1), George Tucker Childs

Ancien Katon (Part 2), George Tucker Childs

Boyo Bangoura Before and After Marriage, George Tucker Childs

Boyo Bangoura Life Story, George Tucker Childs

Old and New, George Tucker Childs

Yaaye Camara – Life Story, George Tucker Childs