Baga Vocabulary 2019
BAGA TSHI-TEM DICTIONARY (GUINEA) (revised May 2019) PO-LOKULOKU PӘ TSHӘ-BAKA TSHI-TEM Frederick John Lamp (c. 3000 Baga words) FREDERICK JOHN LAMP Frederick John Lamp is retired as The Frances & Benjamin Benenson Foundation Curator of African Art at the Yale University Art Gallery, 2004-2014. From 1981 to 2003, he was a curator at The Baltimore Museum of Art. He has taught African art at Yale University, The Johns Hopkins University, the Maryland Institute College of Art, Georgetown University, George Washington University, and Catholic University of America. He holds a Ph.D. in the History of Art from Yale University, 1982. He has conducted field research in Sierra Leone and Guinea, with fellowships from the Fulbright Scholar Award, the Smithsonian Institution, National Endowment for the Humanities, and others. His publications include Ancestors in Search of Descendants: Stone Effigies of the Ancient Sapi (2018); Continuing Life Histories of African Art: The Collection of Charles B. Benenson at the Yale University Art Gallery (co-authored), 2012; Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: African Art at Yale (ed., special issue) 2005; See the Music, Hear the Dance: Rethinking Africa at The Baltimore Museum of Art, (ed.) 2004; Art of the Baga: A Drama of Cultural Reinvention, 1996; La Guinée et ses Heritages Culturels, 1992; with contributions to several books; and articles in African Arts, The Drama Review, and The Art Bulletin, among many others. IPA ORTHOGRAPHY -- Baga Vocabulary, Frederick John Lamp -- revised May 2019 Vowels Consonants Character English sound Baga usage Character English sound Baga usage (with suggested (using available (with alternatives (using available alternatives) characters) and transformations) characters) (alphabetized together:) b but kə-ba a father kə-ba gb ---- gbaŋnε ʌ / À cat ʌ-Tshol f full faka (following Dalby's Temne dictionary, unpublished.
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