Collection ID: AS2
Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Dorith Minna Ofri-Scheps (1930-2015), known as "Jɛbɛ" to the Vai people, was a linguist and scholar of the Vai language and culture. Her dissertation, "On the Object of ethnology: a propos of the Vai culture of Liberia 1963-88" was submitted and defended in 1991, at the University of Bern, after the outbreak of the First Liberian Civil War had interrupted her field research.Her correspondence covers many aspects of Vai language and culture, touching on the cumulative work of August Klingenheben, Bai Tamia Moore, Gail Stewart, Jangaba Johnson, C. K. Kandakai, and many others. Her research drew on interviews with Mɔmɔlu Cole, and her assistants included Morris Davies, who died in the war, Fatu Kiazolu, and in later life Poppy Willard.
- Extent:
- 1 Box
- Language:
- English , Vai .
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Dorith Minna Ofri-Scheps (1930-2015), known as "Jɛbɛ" to the Vai people, was a linguist and scholar of the Vai language and culture.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift, 2015.
Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Closed for research.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Herman B Wells Library1320 East Tenth StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
- BEFORE YOU VISIT:
- Attention Visiting Researchers: The African Studies Collection is currently closed for research.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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afstlib@indiana.edu