The Olivier 'Damara-Nama' Collection from Sesfontein (Namibia) (British Library Sound Archive C1709): repertoire, Rights Holders and repatriation
This paper identifies Indigenous and local Rights Holders for a collection of different musical forms recorded in 1999 in Sesfontein (!Nani|aus / Ohamuheke) in Kunene Region, north-west Namibia, by ethnomusicologists Emmanuelle Olivier from France and the late Minette Mans from the University of Namibia: the 'Olivier / Mans Collection'. In early 2015 this collection was retrieved from Olivier in France by ethnomusicologist Angela Impey (SOAS University of London and Future Pasts Co-Investigator), together with Olivier’s full set of recordings from her significant and wide-ranging ethnomusicology research in Namibia in the 1990s. The full collection of recordings and accompanying material, including the Sesfontein recordings for which ǁHawaxab was the translator and facilitator, is now catalogued and digitised as part of the 'Emmanuelle Olivier Collection' in the British Library Sound Archive. Keywords. Rights Holders, Indigenous Damara-Nama musics, intangible cultural heritage, copyright, intellectual property, Khoekhoegowab, Sesfontein, Namibia, ethnomusicology, British Library, Damara /ǂNūkhoen, Nama, ǁUbun.
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