AFRICANA SUBJECT FUNNEL REPORT

ALC CATALOGING COMMITTEE

FALL 2001

Joseph J. Lauer
Nov. 12, 2001

A total of 29 new and revised subject authorities have been submitted to the Library of Congress since the last update (Fall 2000). The following new subject authorities were submitted.

Bata (African people)
Birwa (African people)
Boloki (African people)
Children's writings, Burkinabe (French)
Congolese (D R) fiction (French)
Ghost stories, Afrikaans
Goemai (African people)
Guang languages
Iramba (African people)
Kwele (African people)
Military assistance, South African
Nchumuru (African people)
Nyiha language
Riddles, Ndebele (Zimbabwe)
Sefwi (African people)
Short stories, Congolese (Democratic Republic) (French)
Short stories, Sotho
Tagwa (African people)
Tera (African people)
Tirma dialect
Tsaayi (African people)

The following revised subject authorities were also submitted:

Chumburung language (REV of Nchumburu)
Dorobo (African people)
Elmolo (African people)
Kwiri (African people)
Kwiri language
Lega (African people) (REV of Rega) - involves numerous other headings
Lega language (REV of Kilega language)
Okiek (African people) (REV of Dorobo)

Most of these were submitted in October and November and have not yet appeared on LC's weekly lists of new approved subjects. The 6 headings sent to LC on May 28 appeared on the Weekly List for July 5, 2001.

The funnel also received another 59 proposals which are in various stages of processing or review. Of these, at least 28 lack bibliographic warrant (i.e. a book that could use it as a subject) and have been put on hold.

A new secondary source for languages is: Dalby, David. The linguasphere register of the world's languages and speech communities (Hebron, Wales: Published for Observatoire Linguistique by Linguasphere Press, 1999). This supersedes the Mann/Dalby, Thesaurus of African languages (1987).