Recorded interviews related to Blin culture and history

An Interview with Inshik Ibrahim, a veteran of ELF fighter, about the War of

Halhal of 1968. Interviewed by Tekie Alibekit  2014.

• Inshik Ibrahim’s interview

An interview with the late Mr. Andu Bahdurai, one of the prominent Blin elders.

Interviewer, Woldeyesus Ammar, Khartoum 1983.

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

In this interview, Mr. Andu Bahdurai explains how the contact of the  Blin people and their

immediate neighboring peoples, influenced each other’s culture in many aspects.

እና ዋስኑ ግጅናዅ ጂጛ፣ 1983ዲሲ መርሑም ይናኽር ዓንዱ ባህዱራዂረዲ፣ ከርቱምትል ጳውሎስ 

ገብሩዂረድ ልጝንሊ እስተዂ ግን። እን ጂጘስ  ጒዶ  ወንቀራታትሲ ስኲሳዂዲ፡  ሰጀላዂዲ ወልደሱስ

 ዓማር ግን።

እን ጂጛ ብሊንዲ ናኣግዋርዲር ናኤረርስጝና፣ ሕላይድ ካያ ኣኽጊ፡ ዓዳትስኽር እኺሪርልድ ኤዱኑኽር፣

እኺሪር ጨለዉኑኽር እርግነት ድርጝሰ ኣከንኽር ቋሊሰኲ።

ይና በህሊንሲ ፈይሕድኖ ወንቀርግኒኽር፣ ናው የነውሲ  ከተብኖ ወሪ ሰጀልኖ  እንኵርግኒኽር፣ ኣጭጉም 

ብጅኽድ  ደኰትና ኤርስታዂ ግን። በኽት ኤርኖ እና ይናኽር ዓንዱዲ እስተዂሰና ጂጛ ሰጀለው ሻንዲ

 እክልዲ ወነነን ይኸ፣ናውክ ዋስኖኽር፡ ኤርእኖኽር ፈስትኖልና ተዓየብነኲን። እና ሰጀሊሰኒል፡ ደንጎቢል 

ገለ ሕላይ ኰዶ ህምባዂ ጳውሎስ ገብሩዅራ ግን። ወክት ታሚትና ብነድ፡ እን ተር ዮ እርጋዅ ጂጛ 

ተለለይጊ  ከብቲዂ። ከው አሪው ልጝንሊጂጝስቱኑ ሰጀልሳዅ ኒኣክነድ፣ እን ደሀይ ላጪሕ ኣኽገት 

ጃቢስኖ ሓ’በርነኵን።