Mabel Lohr on her experiences as a midwife

Authors

George Tucker Childs, Portland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

2-5-2016

Subjects

Sherbro (African people) -- Social life and customs, Sherbro language, Midwifery -- Sierra Leone

Disciplines

Applied Linguistics

Abstract

Mabel Lohr is an older (born 1942) well respected woman of Shenge, who has delivered many of the town’s babies. When we heard that she had served as a midwife (and still does, though she no longer has all her materials – her certificates were also lost during the war), we thought we would ask her about some of her experiences. She readily told us of one of her disasters, which wasn’t really her fault but rather that of the doctor, involving the death of the mother, though the child is still alive in Shenge.

Location

Africa, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Fourah Bay College, Freetown

Participants

Mabel Lohr (consultant), Abdulai Bendu (researcher)

Languages

Sherbro, English

ISO 639

bun, eng

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/28153

Citation Details

Childs, George Tucker, "Mabel Lohr on her experiences as a midwife" (2016). The Sherbro Language and Culture of Sierra Leone. 11.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/28153