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Deng Fanan
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, 2012-09-24)
The songs in this collection were recorded and annotated as part of the project ‘Metre and Melody in Dinka Speech and Song’, a project carried out by researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the School of Oriental ...
children_Agar
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, 2012-09-24)
The songs in this collection were recorded and annotated as part of the project ‘Metre and Melody in Dinka Speech and Song’, a project carried out by researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the School of Oriental ...
Deng Deng
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, 2012-09-24)
The songs in this collection were recorded and annotated as part of the project ‘Metre and Melody in Dinka Speech and Song’, a project carried out by researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the School of Oriental ...
GeorgeAgyethDaak_songKingAyang
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. King Ayang Anay was elected king in 1974. He was young at the time, but he was married; and marriage qualified him to become king. But some villages delayed; they ...
TupacLaaWol_songKalayker
(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 burial song (this notion is explained below). Burial songs are usually short and very strong in wording because the composers are overcome by sadness. The burial of kings, big ...
AmondingOttoGwado_RabbitAndCrocodile
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-08-19)
The recording at the center of this item is an animal fable, narrated by a child. Fables are used in teaching the children about many things and how to behave in different situations. Elders like grandparents tell fables ...
children_Rek
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, 2012-09-24)
The songs in this collection were recorded and annotated as part of the project ‘Metre and Melody in Dinka Speech and Song’, a project carried out by researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the School of Oriental ...
NyadhongoTwongObany_songKingKwongo
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. King Kwongo Daak is the present Shilluk King. The Shilluk King is considered to be of his maternal uncles’ village. And after his installation, he is expected to ...
OttoGwadoAyoker_songFuneralSongForAmaylek
(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 funeral song. Amaylek was a paramount chief of Tonga. He ruled in a difficult time of famines; during the reign of King Gwang (1917-1944). He was a just chief and very hospitable, ...
Garang Deng
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, 2012-09-24)
The songs in this collection were recorded and annotated as part of the project ‘Metre and Melody in Dinka Speech and Song’, a project carried out by researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the School of Oriental ...
Dinka_BorDialects_2010to2012_controlled_VerbForms
(2013-10-25)
The dataset consists mostly of speech recordings. At the center are 1766 elicited Dinka utterances (wav format), collected through controlled elicitation from 14 speakers of the Bor dialects of Dinka. They are accompanied ...
OttoGwadoAyoker_songFuneralSongForMayom
(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. Mayom was chief of Nyilwak in Panyikango District. He was a very powerful chief; he ruled the two parts of Nyilwak. In his time, during the rule of King Gwang ...
EmmanuelOkwacDhikwan_songWorryingAboutMarriage
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-02-10)
This song is about anxiety over marriage, which is very important, particularly for a woman. This is evident from the dedication of a child, a week’s time after birth. The boy is dedicated to defend the land, so his maternal ...
EmmanuelOkwacDhikwan_songSomebodyWithoutDowry
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-02-24)
The composer is trying to give advice to a friend who began to persuade a girl for marriage but he had no cows to pay the dowry. He says: My friend, son of Nyiyom, don't try to persuade any girl (for marriage). Don't try ...
OttoGwadoAyoker_songFuneralSongForAkany
(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. Akany, son of Gol Lith was chief of war in Dor Village. Dor is in Panyikango District, between Odong and Nyilwak. Nyilwak is bigger than Dor, so it was a threat ...
AndrewWanhMayik_songTheSongOfDibalo
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. The Mahdists entered Khartoum on 28 January 1885. And the Mahdi declared an Islamic State with its capital in Omdurman. Mahdi died in June the same year and ...
children_Ageer
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, 2012-09-24)
The songs in this collection were recorded and annotated as part of the project ‘Metre and Melody in Dinka Speech and Song’, a project carried out by researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the School of Oriental ...
NyayejoCyanAyul_songWej
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-06-04)
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. Girls’ songs are like women songs; the difference is that girls focus on dancing the drum “bul”; that is the day-time dance. This song begins with a complaint ...
MaryBodhiAkany_songKebDanceOfPapwojo
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. Keb is a dance in which people dance without drum beats. But the person who leads the song must have a strong voice, sometimes the song is led by two people. This ...
JuliaJamesOdhok_songTheFlagIsRaisedHigh
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-02-24)
The recording at the center of this item is a 'horse song', which is normally sung by a lead singer with people answering in response. Horse dance (kyeny), is a dance in which women/girls make a long line or two and run ...
