24 Ju|’hoansi lessons +Ju|’hoan Folktales (Transcriptions and English Translations)

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Author: Patrick J. Dickens †,Peoples Fund Kalahari , Megan BieselePublisher: Trafford PublishingPublication date: 2009Number of pages: 35 +112ISBN: 978-1426998096Language:English/Ju|’hoan24 Ju/’hoan-language learning lessons-2009Audio and typescript, respectively, of a set of 24 Ju/’hoan-language learning lessons, by Dickens, P., Biesele, M., and Ju/’hoan-speakers.*Ju|’hoan Folktales: Transcriptions and English TranslationsA Literacy Primer by and for Youth and Adults of the Ju|’hoan Community-2009The Ju/’hoan Transcription Group, active since 2002 in Nyae Nyae, Namibia, has published a Literacy Primer. The members of the Transcription Group, all Ju/’hoan men and women, used first ExpressScribe and then ELAN transcription software, and digitized versions of Ju/’hoan folktales recorded in Botswana and Namibia between 1971 and 2006, to prepare the selections for the primer. Meant as literacy study materials for youth and adults of the Ju/’hoan communities of both countries, the fourteen selected tales are arranged in order of increasing length and complexity. The tales are not compilations from various versions, but faithful renderings of specific recordings. They are accompanied by literal, line-by-line English translations and short English summaries.