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Language of my soul / written and directed by Gregory Molale ; producers, Gregory Molale, Bonolo Molale.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- Afrikaans
- English
- Khoisan (Other)
- Multiple languages
- Subjects (All):
- Kung-Ekoka language--Dialects.
- Kung-Ekoka language.
- Sociolinguistics--South Africa.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (84 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Johannesburg, South Africa : Blue Gum Media, 2023.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- In Afrikaans.
- Original language in Afrikaans.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Katrina Esau is the last living fluent speaker of N|uu, facing the weight of history, family tensions, and the fragility of memory. N|uu, one of the oldest and most endangered languages in the world. In Language of My Soul, this extraordinary elder battles against time and fading memory to preserve a language nearly lost to colonial violence and systemic oppression. Born into an era when the San people were hunted and stripped of their identity, Katrina spent much of her life identifying as Afrikaans-speaking Coloured (term for people of mixed race in South Africa), denying her roots in a society built on exclusion. Now, in her final years, she fights to pass on N|uu.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed September 10, 2025).
- OCLC:
- 1544909522
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