Angola 3

Listen to Angola 3, a 23-year-old woman from Luanda, Angola. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 23

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 02/03/2001

PLACE OF BIRTH: Luanda, Angola

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Black/African

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: high school diploma and currently pursuing higher education

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject lived in London, England, for one year and had been living in Toronto, Canada, for four months prior to this recording.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

Her time in London and Toronto was spent studying.

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RECORDED BY: Mark Dallas

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 02/12/2024

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I grew up in Luanda. I’m Angolan, and I’m the fourth. I’m the first child. I have three siblings. And, uh, I would say my childhood was pretty cool because my parents: They are very — I would say they’re very protective.

I was the type of stu- child that I would go to school, like, in the morning and come back around 6 p.m. So I didn’t have much time during the week to spend with my family except on weekends. But I was very spoiled, though, because when, whatever I wanted, my parents always would give me, especially my mom. I would say I’m friends of both. I don’t pick sides. I, I have the same friendship that I have with my mom, I have with my dad, and I’m glad that I have this opportunity, though.

Uh, on weekends, I — we would go on my auntie’s house when the weekend for lunch, even though on Christmas Eve, we would be together gathering and receiving the present, but I feel like I have great memories for experience.

Uh, the first contact with English I had from my dad because he, he was always traveling around the world, and then I — just gave me that feeling that one day I want to do the same. So always, for example, was a dream about go to UK because of him. He was from an Oxford. So, one day when I went to Oxford, I just have a, I would say, I have a chunk of reality, because I felt like this thing would never happen, but that happened.

So I had the content of English because of, uh, TV and then music and so on. …

I, I think, um, I had a very beautiful and decent childhood — mom and dad and then cousin and aunties.  Yeah, and then I was very happy and proud of my childhood, and it’s something if I can, I hope one day I have — give the same experience for my child.

[Subject speaks Portuguese]: Olá, eu sou a Dilma, e eu venho de Luanda. É a capital de Angola. Angola tem dezoito províncias.

[English translation: Hello, I am Dilma, and I come from Luanda. It’s the capital of Angola. Angola has eighteen provinces.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Mark Dallas

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/12/2024

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