Documentation of the Sherbro Language and Culture

Authors

George Tucker Childs, Portland State UniversityFollow
Abdulai Bendu

Sponsor

Support was provided by the Arcadia charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

2018

Subjects

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

Disciplines

African Languages and Societies | Applied Linguistics

Abstract

This 50-minute video provides an overview of the Endangered Languages of Sierra Leone and Guinea project, a three year effort to document the languages and culture of Sierra Leone and Guinea, and introduces key researchers and consultants who contributed to the project. During the course of the video, we are shown different aspects of daily life of the Sherbro people and others.

Description

Cinematography by Abdulai Bendu. Sound and video edited by Jubel Brosseau. Production assistant: Jedd Schrock.

Directed by Tucker Childs.

Location

Africa, Sierra Leone

Participants

Abdulai Bendu (researcher)

Languages

Sherbro, English

ISO 639

bun, eng

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/28294

Citation Details

Childs, George Tucker and Bendu, Abdulai, "Documentation of the Sherbro Language and Culture" (2018). The Sherbro Language and Culture of Sierra Leone. 154.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/28294