Webpublications & Videos

TWO CONTEXTS: Kenya and Ethiopia

FOUR LANGUAGES: Afaan Oromo, Swahili, Digo, Gikuyu

‘Introduction to the Gikuyu language’ by Inge Brinkman

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    Brinkman, Inge, ‘Introduction to the Gikuyu language’ (VLIR-UOS Team project ‘‘Storytelling and Young People Coping with Crisis: Oral Narratives and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia’, 2023) https://www.ol4d.ugent.be/

‘Gikuyu narrative by Esther Njeri’ by Inge Brinkman and James Wachira

  • Transcription and translation to English (pdf)
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    Brinkman, Inge & James Wachira (ed.), ‘Gikuyu narrative by Esther Njeri, 1’ (VLIR-UOS Team project ‘Storytelling and Young People Coping with Crisis: Oral Narratives and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia’, 2023) https://www.ol4d.ugent.be/.
  • Notes to the Gikuyu narrative by Esther Njeri (pdf)
    Please respect the author’s rights when using this text, and use the following reference:
    Brinkman, Inge, ‘Notes to the Gikuyu narrative by Esther Njeri’ (VLIR-UOS Team project ‘‘Storytelling and Young People Coping with Crisis: Oral Narratives and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia’, 2023) https://www.ol4d.ugent.be/.

 

‘Nzala ya ndugu si mutu’, by Kwale Arts Troupe (May 2023).

A Swahili theatre play based on a Digo oral narrative

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‘Once upon a time in the classroom’ by Anke Vermeulen

This concerns a Educational Master’s project from Ghent University, consisting of an internship at a Flemish Highschool and this thesis.

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    Please respect the author’s rights when using this dissertation, and use the following reference:
    Vermeulen, A. 2023. Once upon a classroom : A project exploring how fairy tales can be used as a tool for reflection in high schools. Master’s dissertation, Ghent University.