Kenya 7

Listen to Kenya 7, a 39-year-old man from Ahero, Kenya. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 39

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/03/1978

PLACE OF BIRTH: Ahero, Kenya

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Luo/Kenyan

OCCUPATION: farmer and actor

EDUCATION: primary school

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

In addition to living in a variety of cities in Kenya (Ahero, Kisumu, Nairobi, Kisii, and Soba), the subject has lived in Uganda.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

He speaks Luo, Swahili and English.

The text used in our recordings of scripted speech can be found by clicking here.

RECORDED BY: Betty Moulton

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 26/06/2017

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DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I’m a Kenyan citizen. I’m a Luo, by tribe. I was born in the year 1978 at Ahero constituency. I went through my primary school from standard 1 baby class, standard 1 primary school. I didn’t manage to go to secondary school, just because there was a financial problem at home. Uh, today I am married, and I’m a father of three, husband to one wife. We are all Luos.

I can remember when I was still young, as I was going to school, I loved to be a doctor or a lawyer. Uh, today, what I’m doing — major part of my days — I do arts. I’m a theatre performer, but back at home I am also a farmer. Uh, it has never gone well with me, but by virtue of being there, because of God, I am alive, and I appreciate that. …

Uh, I’m a Christian, and I do go to church. But my prayer is that one day, one time, God will do me good much better than he has been doing. And I know, I believe I will be somebody also who can assist in the community, who can be approached to whenever there is a problem to assist, be it financially or ideally. And, uh, that is me, yeah.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Betty Moulton

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 16/09/2021

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