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Potted History of the Pillingers (2)

For the last couple of weeks you’ve been biting your nails, wondering what brought Steve and Johanna together after Johanna turned him down like a bedspread. We will now put you out of your misery.

As we said last time, the idea was first mooted (in Steve’s mind) while we were both doing our training at [...]

Welcome to the Rendille!

 

This is a presentation made in Steve’s early days among the Rendille people of northern Kenya. It’s slightly dated (umm… 1984!), but still gives a good impression of the traditional Rendille way of life, which has changed little in recent decades. It also illustrates some of the stages involved in reducing a spoken [...]