dancing 1 Lepdjom

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  • Name : dancing 1 Lepdjom
  • Title : Bapea music and dances
  • Date : 2011-07-03
  • descriptions
    • Description : The dancing was organised on request from the Bakola research team. Arrangements had been made by Emmanuel in advance. The people of Ledjom have agreed to perform this dancing thanks to the good relationships between the project team and them. A year ago, Nadine and Emmanuel visited the camp. They promised to come back a year later for this speacial occasion. The dancing is a major event in the life of the village, each inhabitant is taking part to it. Also, come neighboring Basaa people have come to attend the dancing.
  • Location
    • Continent : Africa
    • Country : Cameroon
    • Region : Basaa region
    • Address : Lepdjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
  • Project
    • Name : Bagyeli/Bakola
    • Title : A documentation of the Bagyeli/Bakola forest foragers of Cameroon
    • Contact
      • Name : Emmanuel NGUE UM
      • Address : Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) Yaoundé, Department of African Languages and Cultures
      • Email : ngueum@yahoo.fr
      • Organisation : Bakola Documentation Project of the Dobes initiative, a research project of the Leiden University Center of Linguistics
    • descriptions
      • Description : Summary of deposit This corpus constitutes a rich and diverse multimedia collection of Gyeli/Kola language use, centering around culturally relevant activities of Central African “Pygmy” forest foragers in Cameroon. It includes a wide variety of text genres, such as natural conversations, procedural texts, folk narratives, interviews, music and dance, and elicitation and experimental data. The collection encompasses video and audio recordings of diverse topics and everyday situations of language use, for instance hunting, building traps and traditional huts in the rain forest, collecting wild honey, skinning and preparing hunted animals, making musical instruments, traditional music and dances, healing ceremonies, and conversations about changes in the environment and lifestyle. Data was collected in 2010-2014 by Daniel Duke (PhD student at Leiden University), Nadine Grimm (née Borchardt, PhD student at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin at the time), Maarten Mous (PI, Leiden University), Emmanuel Ngue Um (Researcher, Université de Yaoundé I), and Christopher Lorenz (student of image composition and cinematography at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg at the time). The team concentrated on different Gyeli/Kola dialects that emerge through contact with different neighboring languages: - Daniel Duke: Gyeli dialect in the Kwasio contact zone - Nadine Grimm: Gyeli dialect in the Bulu contact zone - Emmanuel Ngue Um: Kola dialect in the Basaa contact zone Christopher Lorenz supported video recordings in all contact zones in his role as cameraman. Gyeli/Kola language and speech community The Gyeli language [ISO 639-3: gyi], also known under the name Bakola and many other spelling varieties such as Bagyele, Bajele, Gyele, Bogyiel, or Bagieli, is a Narrow Bantu (A801) language of the Makaa-Njem group (Gordon 2005, Maho 2009) in southern Cameroon. Speakers call themselves and their language Bakola in the northern part of the language area and Bagyeli in the central and southern part. Following Bantuist traditions, we refer to the people as Bagyeli and Bakola (depending on where the data was collected), dropping the Ba- prefix when we talk about the language Gyeli or Kola. Estimations of the Bagyeli/Bakola population vary from 2,200 (Renaud 1976 :28) to 5,000 (Ngima 2001:215). Although they speak a Bantu language, they are not Bantu ethnically, but "Pygmy" forest foragers who have lived in symbiosis with sedentary Bantu-speaking communities over a long period of time. The Gyeli/Kola language as it is now spoken is closely related to Kwasio with its two dialects Mabi and Ngumba (also A80), the language of their former patrons. The Gyeli/Kola speaking area extends over approximately 12,500 square kilometers (4,800 square miles) in southern Cameroon which the hunter-gatherers share with Kwasio and communities of seven other Bantu A languages whose speakers are culturally different in their subsistence strategies of farming and fishing: Batanga and Yassa (A30), Basaa and Bakoko (A40), and Bulu, Fang, and Ewondo (A70). As everybody in the area, speakers are multilingual and easily master around five languages. Which languages an individual is fluent in depends on the specific areas they have grown up and lived in and that, in turn, mostly depends on family relations and personal relations with the farming Bantu neighbors. The Bagyeli/Bakola have spoken a distinct language variety that is not mutually intelligible with any of the other neighboring Bantu languages for centuries, presumably since the Bantu migration (Bahuchet 2012). Now, however, they are shifting to the languages of their Bantu neighbors as a consequence of massive changes in their environment. In 2015, central Africa's largest deep-sea port was inaugurated off the shore where the Bagyeli/Bakola live, following the construction of an oil pipeline from Chad that cuts through the rainforest. This industrial development and related extension of infrastructure leads to a rapid deforestation. As the hunter-gatherers do not find enough animals in the forest anymore, they are forced to adopt low scale farming activities or day labor in rubber and palm oil plantations or in town. This shift in subsistence strategies also entails a shift in language since the Bagyeli/Bakola have closer contact with other Bantu groups now, share activities with them that they had not shared before. Also, the Gyeli/Kola language is of low prestige as it is associated with a backward lifestyle and a lack of education, reflecting the overall low social and economic status of the “Pygmy” hunter-gatherers in Cameroonian society.
  • Content
    • Genre : Music
    • SubGenre : Bapea
    • Task : playing a traditional battery,drums,clapping and dancing
    • Modalities : song
    • Subject : The dance of the ghosts
    • CommunicationContext
      • Interactivity : interactive
      • PlanningType : semi-spontaneous
      • Involvement : Unspecified
      • SocialContext : Public
      • EventStructure : Unspecified
      • Channel : Unspecified
    • Content_Languages
      • descriptions
        • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • descriptions
      • Description : The dancing was organised on request from the Bakola research team. Arrangements had been made by Emmanuel in advance. The people of Ledjom have agreed to perform this dancing thanks to the good relationships between the project team and them. A year ago, Nadine and Emmanuel visited the camp. They promised to come back a year later for this speacial occasion. The dancing is a major event in the life of the village, each inhabitant is taking part to it. Also, come neighboring Basaa people have come to attend the dancing.
  • Actors
    • Actor
      • Role : Collector
      • Name : Emmanuel
      • FullName : Emmanuel NGUE UM
      • Code : EN
      • FamilySocialRole : Unspecified
      • EthnicGroup : Basaa
      • BirthDate : 1976-01-05
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : PhD in Linguistics (University of Provence-France & University of Yaoundé I-Cameroon)
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 35
      • Contact
        • Name : Emmanuel NGUE UM
        • Address : Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) Yaoundé, Department of African Languages and Cultures
        • Email : ngueum@yahoo.fr
        • Organisation : Bakola Documentation Project of the Dobes initiative, a research project of the Leiden University Center of Linguistics
      • descriptions
        • Description : Emmanuel is the Cameroonian team member of the Bakola Documentation project. He did his Master's thesis on Kwasio, a neighboring language to Bakola. As a native speaker of Basaa, he was in charge of researching in the Basaa region. Apart from collecting multimedia material for archiving, he has written a sketch grammar of the Bakola variety spoken in the Basaa region. He has also collected a wordlist of more than 2000 entries, and he has edited a story book of Bakola. Emmanuel currently teaches at the Higher Teacher's Training College of Yaoundé, in the Department of Cameroonian Languages and Cultures.
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Basaa is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroun, in three administrative regions namely: Centre, Littoral (Coastal) and South. It is one of the most vital languages in Cameroon, and also one the most developped. Basaa is a vehicular in some areas where there is contact with a minority language such as Bati, Banen, Bakoko and Yabassi
    • Actor
      • Role : Collector
      • Name : Nadine
      • FullName : Nadine Grimm (née Borchardt)
      • Code : NB
      • FamilySocialRole : Unspecified
      • EthnicGroup : German
      • BirthDate : 1982-01-28
      • Sex : Female
      • Education : PhD student in linguistics
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 28
          • months : 3
          • days : 8
      • Contact
        • Name : Nadine Grimm
        • Email : nadine.grimm@rochester.edu
        • Organisation : University of Rochester
      • descriptions
        • Description : Nadine is a linguist in the DoBeS project documenting Kola/Gyeli.
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : German
    • Actor
      • Role : Unspecified
      • Name : Jerôme
      • FullName : Mimbè Jérôme
      • Code : MJ
      • FamilySocialRole : Father
      • EthnicGroup : Kola/Gyeli
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : Unspecified
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unspecified
      • Contact
        • Name : Mimbè Jerôme
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • descriptions
        • Description : Jerôme is one of our most key consultants in Lepdjom. He is not a native of this place. He came to settled ther because he got married to a woman from this village.
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Referent
      • Name : Defombère
      • FullName : Minlar Paul
      • Code : MP
      • FamilySocialRole : Village Chief
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Kola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unspecified
      • Contact
        • Name : Minlar Paul alias Defombère
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • descriptions
        • Description : The dancing event is taking place at the Chief's compound.
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Unspecified
      • Name : Mba
      • FullName : Mba Jean
      • Code : MJ
      • FamilySocialRole : Father
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Kola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 65
      • Contact
        • Name : Mba Jean
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • descriptions
        • Description : Mba is one of the elderly inhabitants of Lepdjom. The camp is divided into two parts separated by a River. The clan from the river side opposite the chief's side belong to the Mba's
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Catherine
      • FullName : Ngo Ngana Catherine
      • Code : NC
      • FamilySocialRole : Partner
      • EthnicGroup : Kola/Gyeli
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Female
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unspecified
      • Contact
        • Name : Ngo Ngana Catherine
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • descriptions
        • Description : Catherine is Minlar Paul's (the Chief) wife. She was borne is Ngoyang along the Eseka-Lolodorf road
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Antoine
      • FullName : Ndoumbè Antoine
      • Code : NA
      • FamilySocialRole : Sibling
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Kola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : Unspecified
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unspecified
      • Contact
        • Name : Ngo Mamba Marie Madeleine
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Babuni
      • FullName : Babuni
      • Code : BB
      • FamilySocialRole : Sibling
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Kola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : Unspecified
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unspecified
      • Contact
        • Name : Babuni
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Jean Paul
      • FullName : Biyege Jean Paul
      • Code : BJ
      • FamilySocialRole : Father
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Kola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 33
      • Contact
        • Name : Biyege Jean Paul
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Jeannette
      • FullName : Ngo Bibanga Jeannette
      • Code : BJ
      • FamilySocialRole : Mother
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Kola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Female
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : Unspecified
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unspecified
      • Contact
        • Name : Ngo Bibanga Jeannette
        • Address : Memel, along the Bipindi-Elog Batindi road, Bipindi Sub-Division, Ocean Division, South Province, Cameroon
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Dieudonné
      • FullName : Bwedila Dieudonné
      • Code : BD
      • FamilySocialRole : Father
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Kola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 26
      • Contact
        • Name : Bwedila Dieudonné
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Paul
      • FullName : Mimbanzi Paul
      • Code : MP
      • FamilySocialRole : Father & sibling
      • EthnicGroup : Kola/Gyeli
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 29
      • Contact
        • Name : Mimbanzi Paul
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Simon
      • FullName : Minsem Simon
      • Code : MS
      • FamilySocialRole : Father
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Bakola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 28
      • Contact
        • Name : Minsem Simon
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Anne
      • FullName : Ngo Minsem Anne
      • Code : MA
      • FamilySocialRole : Sibling
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Bakola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Female
      • Education : Primary school
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 15
      • Contact
        • Name : Ngo Minsem Anne
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Mbiabo
      • FullName : Mbiabo Madeline
      • Code : MM
      • FamilySocialRole : Sibling
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Kola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Female
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : Unspecified
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 22
      • Contact
        • Name : Mbiabo Madeleine
        • Address : Mil, along the Eséka-Lolodorf road , Lolodorf Sub-Division, Ocean Division, South Region, Cameroon
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Naline
      • FullName : Ampena Pauline
      • Code : AP
      • FamilySocialRole : Mother
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Bakola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Female
      • Education : 6th year of primary school
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unspecified
      • Contact
        • Name : Ampena Pauline
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • descriptions
        • Description : The name "Naline" is actually a mispelling of Nadine.
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Marie Madeleine
      • FullName : Ngo Mamba Marie Madeleine
      • Code : MM
      • FamilySocialRole : Sibling
      • EthnicGroup : Kola/Gyeli
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Female
      • Education : 6th year of primary school
      • Anonymized : Unspecified
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 15
      • Contact
        • Name : Ngo Mamba Marie Madeleine
        • Address : Ngoyang, along the Eséka-Lolodorf road , Lolodorf Sub-Division, Ocean Division, South Region, Cameroon
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Madeleine
      • FullName : Ngo Mba Madeleine
      • Code : NM
      • FamilySocialRole : Mother
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Kola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Female
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unspecified
      • Contact
        • Name : Ngo Mba Madeleine
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Musician
      • Name : Mathieu
      • FullName : Oye Mathieu
      • Code : OM
      • FamilySocialRole : Sibling
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Kola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 18
      • Contact
        • Name : Oye Mathieu
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Consultant
      • Name : Luc
      • FullName : Mimbanji Luc
      • Code : ML
      • FamilySocialRole : Father
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Kola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : Unspecified
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 28
      • Contact
        • Name : Mimbandji Luc
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Unspecified
      • Name : Kege
      • FullName : Kege
      • Code : KG
      • FamilySocialRole : Father
      • EthnicGroup : Bakola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unspecified
      • Contact
        • Name : Kege
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Unspecified
      • Name : Jacques
      • FullName : Ngusa Jacques
      • Code : NJ
      • FamilySocialRole : Father
      • EthnicGroup : Kola/Gyeli
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unspecified
      • Contact
        • Name : Ngusa Jacques
        • Address : Memel, along the Bipindi-Elog Batindi road, Bipindi Sub-Division, Ocean Division, South Province, Cameroon
      • descriptions
        • Description : playing group 7 along with Biyege Jean Paul
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Unspecified
      • Name : Felix
      • FullName : Nzee Ngamba Felix
      • Code : NF
      • FamilySocialRole : Father
      • EthnicGroup : Gyeli/Kola
      • BirthDate : Unspecified
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : Unspecified
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • EstimatedAge : Unspecified
      • Contact
        • Name : Njee Felix
        • Address : Lepjom (Song-Mahi), South region of Cameroun, Ocean Division, Bipindi Sub-Division
      • Actor_Languages
        • descriptions
          • Description : Bakola is a Bantu A (80) language spoken in the Southern region of Cameroon by a population of former hunter gatherers. Bakola is a highly endangered language, as a result of the dominance of neighboring languages such as Basaa, Bulu-Fang, Kwasio and Bakoko. The Bakola people live in small camps off the road and they do not form a homogenous community. This situation favors the emergence of many dialects, each of which illustrates a process of shift to the nearby dominant language. The variety spoken in Bella is under the Bakoko influence, and this can be felt easily through code-switching, constant borrowing and pholonogy convergence
    • Actor
      • Role : Cinematographer
      • Name : Christopher
      • FullName : Christopher Lorenz
      • Code : CL
      • FamilySocialRole : Unspecified
      • EthnicGroup : German
      • BirthDate : 1982-06-28
      • Sex : Male
      • Education : film academy
      • Anonymized : true
      • Age
        • ExactAge
          • years : 27
          • months : 10
          • days : 8
      • Actor_Languages
        • Actor_Language
          • Id : ISO639-3:deu
          • Name : German
          • MotherTongue : true
          • PrimaryLanguage : true
          • descriptions
            • Description : Use of German in the team between CL and NB.
        • Actor_Language
          • Id : ISO639-3:eng
          • Name : English
          • MotherTongue : false
          • PrimaryLanguage : false
          • descriptions
            • Description : English as general means of communication between project members.
        • Actor_Language
          • Id : ISO639-3:fra
          • Name : French
          • MotherTongue : false
          • PrimaryLanguage : false
          • descriptions
            • Description : French is used for communication with local Bantu farmers and fishermen and interpreters.
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      • Type : video
      • Format : video/x-mpeg2
      • Size : 2084 MB
      • Quality : Unspecified
      • RecordingConditions : village compound
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        • Start : Unspecified
        • End : Unspecified
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