A song in South African sign??

[Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting]

SignWriting List
March 4, 2008

Hello Kim and Charles!
As always, Kim, you have amazing projects!

It is my general understanding that South Africa has many signed  
languages. When SignWriting was used in Durbin, South Africa, at the  
Fulton School for the Deaf...

SignWriting in South Africa
http://www.SignWriting.org/africa

...at that time I was told by the teacher that there were 11 signed  
languages in their school!

Each tribe or area of South Africa has their own distinct languages I  
believe....So it is hard to say "South African Sign Language" would be  
the same as "Zulu Sign Language"...they just might be different  
languages for all we know...

So let's ask one of our List members from South Africa...Sebolelo  
Nhlapo from Pretoria...

Sebolelo...Do you know Zulu Sign Language? Is that the same as South  
African Sign Language?

Val ;-)





On Mar 4, 2008, at 6:39 AM, Charles Butler wrote:

> Wow, that would be a challenge.  I have sung Singabahambo and  
> Asikatale in my own choruses.  Seeing it in Zulu sign would be a  
> triumph.
>
> Charles
>
>
> Kimberley Shaw <skifoot at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Signwriters:
> It has been a long while since I've posted to the list! My ASL studies
> continue, although not within a formal interpreter-training program,
> alas. But all the same, I am developing an ASL version of my chorus'
> five standing-repertory songs, with plenty of advice from fluent
> ASL-speaking Deafies in my area. (My hard-of-hearing ears wanna
> vacation from singing!)
> So, here is my query.
> One of these songs, "Singabahambayo", has its first verse sung
> entirely in Zulu before we go into English translation of its first
> and second verses. Are any of you Signwriters able and/or willing to
> transcribe a version of this song's first verse in South African
> Sign?? Does it already have an established Sign form? I have no idea
> how many deaf folk got involved with the South African freedom
> movement ...
> Best,
> Kim from Boston
>
>
>
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