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TupacLaaWol_songObongiAnyong
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-01-15)
The recording at the center of this item is a song. The song is a funeral song of Wol Awang, the chief of Alyebjok of Ayijdhajo Village in Tungo. The composer is one of the dead man’s sons; his name is Obyel Wol. The ...
TupacLaaWol_songWhatTheArabsCaused
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-01-15)
At the center of this item is a recorded funeral song. Other renditions of the same song were recorded on 09NOV2013; and also in 2008. The composer is Chief Akoko of Lelo Village. Lelo is to the west of Malakal Town, on ...
AndrewWanhMayik_songYouWouldHaveBeenMarried
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-10-29)
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. Young men would seek new dancing mates if the girls with whom they dance were taken by another group. They can also seek to win girls from another village if they ...
MaryBodhiAkany_songWomenOfNyibodo
The women of Nyibodo love their husbands very much because they are lacking nothing in their houses. When Nyikango quarrelled with Okwer son of Jiw, the ancestor of Kwawaang clan, they separated and Nyikango moved ahead ...
LuciaOywalAtitker_songGovernanceInSouthSudanParts1&2
The recordings at the center of this item are two Shilluk songs. When South Sudan got its independence, every South Sudanese became happy because that came after a very struggle. But before long, politicians began to fight ...
NyathomThaboOdhong_SweetnessOfTheDrum
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-01-28)
The recording at the center of this item is a comment on Shilluk culture. It complements the text on marriage by Johnson Otor Kwol. This text offers a perspective on the same topic by a woman, who comments specifically ...
JeremiahJwokpapyejGay_Hunting
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-03-04)
The recording at the center of this item is a narrative. Hunting is an important economic activity to the Shilluk people. Hunting is done in the dry season after people have gathered in their crops. The narrator here is ...
OttoGwadoAyoker_songFuneralSongForMaybek
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-03-18)
The recording at the center of this item is a funeral song. This is a funeral song of Chief Maybek, chief of Nyibodo (1940-1950). It was composed by Ajango Dilathjok from Ayijdhajo Village. Ajango was an in-law; his sister ...
OttoGwadAyoker_KeepTheSecret
This is a recording of a story created by the narrator, of how the disclosure of a secret results in murder. Themes include traditional justice, blood feud, and the marriage relationship.
TupacLaaWol_songWhatTheArabsCaused
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-01-28)
The Shilluk recording at the center of this item is a funeral song. Different from the 2013 renditions of the same song, this rendition is accompanied by percussion and a string instrument. The composer is Chief Akoko of ...
JuliaJamesOdhok_songTheBestMakeup
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-01-13)
The recording at the center of this item is a song. Women songs are usually songs of praise mostly boasting about their beauty and the make-up. But there are many women who are composers of social and political songs. The ...
AnguyAdyengLwal_songInstallationOfKwongo
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-05-19)
The recording at the center of this item is a song. Kwongo Daak was elected as Shilluk King in 1992. Before the installation, he rebuilt the former kings’ shrines as required by the Shilluk norms. Then he went to Pachodo ...
AmaliaAyulDeng_songTheBuffaloOfTakamol
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. Shilluk people love one another and are united wherever they are found. During the war that started in 1983, many people left their homes and went to live in ...
OttoGwadoAyoker_songFuneralSongForKingKur3
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-10-08)
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk funeral song. King Kur (1951-1974), was also called Along and Nyibek. He is the son of King Gwang (1917-1944). Kur was a peaceful king, who did justice to everyone. He ...
OttoGwadoAyoker_songWriting
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. In early 1996, the Shilluk Language Council was divided among itself over the chair, while the literacy team and the Bible Translation team were very active. I ...
AndrewWanhMayik_songGirlsAreTaken
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. Young men would seek new dancing mates if the girls with whom they dance were taken by another group. They can also seek to win girls from another village if they ...
GeorgeAgyethDaak_songTheBoatOfTheArab
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. A boat carrying army went from Malakal to Akorwa in Mwomo in July 1965, and took every good thing into the boat. Then the army burnt the shrine, and Akorwa Village. ...
OttoGwadAyoker_TheDescendantsOfWaang
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-08-13)
The recording at the center of this item is a narrative, in which Otto Gwado Ayoker covers some topics relating to Shilluk tradition in general, and some that are specific to the Kwawaang clan, to which he belongs. Nyikango ...
Shilluk Lexicography With Audio Data
This archive represents a resource on the lexicon of Shilluk, a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in South Sudan. It includes a table of 2530 lexicographic items, plus 10082 sound clips. The table is included in pdf and MS Word ...
OttoGwadoAyoker_songFuneralSongForKingKur1
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-09-29)
The recording at the center of this item is a funeral song. King Kur (1951-1974) was also called Along, Nyiryak and Nyibek. He is the son of King Gwang (1917-1944) who was also called Agany and Nyiker or Ayoker. Kur was a ...
