State of the Human

Naming Story 2: Sweet Potato Love


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In an isolated fishing village in Papua New Guinea, a linguist sets out to write the first dictionary of the Ende language. Not long after she begins, she finds that one word was more difficult to translate: mokwang, Ende’s word for love, which also means survival.

In this story, we’ll hear how Ende women define what it means to love in Limol, Papua New Guinea.

 

Featuring: Grace Maher, Lois Sadua (translator), Musato Giwo (translator), Joshua Dobola, Robai Reend, Donai Kurupel, Manaleato Kolea, Jenny Dobola, Pingam Uziag, Loni Garaiyi, Sandra Dikai, Merol Kwe, Wagiba Geser

Writer: Kate L. Lindsey
Producers: Kate L. Lindsey, with help from Claire Schoen
Music: Women from Limol
Image caption: Kate Lindsey listening to Limol women
Image photographer: Grace Maher
Production date: April 16th, 2016
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