BEKANWE
Shipibo-Konibo Language Classes
MODULE 01 — 1. WESTIORA: INTRODUCTION
MODULE 01 — 2. RABÉ: ADJECTIVES
MODULE 01 — 3. KIMISHA: VERBS PART 1
MODULE 01 — 4. CHOSKO: VERBS PART 2
MODULE 01 — BEWABO - SONGS
MODULE 01 — ONAN JOIBO - RESOURCES
MODULE 02 — 1. WESTIORA: WELCOME TO MODULE 2
MODULE 02 — 2. RABÉ: ICARO STRUCTURES
MODULE 02 — 3. KIMISHA: ICAROS AND PAST TENSE
MODULE 02 — 4. CHOSKO: ICAROS AND NEGATION
MODULE 02 — BEWABO - SONGS
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS
Eli Sánchez — Pakan Meni
Professor Eli Sánchez (Pakan Meni) is a teacher and a leading expert on the Shipibo-Konibo language. He has worked on many language projects, including primary school textbooks, traditional storybooks, and official translations as a founding member of ARIAP.
Eva Melendez — Xawan Rabi
Eva Melendez (Xawan Rabi) is a secondary education student at the National University of Ucayali (UNU), and artist with the Kené Néte collective. As winner of the Soi Noma contest in 2019, she became a representative of young Indigenous women, and is currently the vice-president of Alianza Arkana.
Brian Best — Wexa Nita
Brian Best is a linguistic anthropologist and student of the Shipibo-Konibo language since 2003. He has a master's degree in Native American Languages and Linguistics and works with ARIAP to create an online Shipibo-Konibo dictionary and other language projects. He has also been a long-term student and facilitator of plant medicine under Manuela Mahua (Jakon Rate).
Macarena Arias — Chonon Jisbe
Macarena Arias is a Peruvian living in Ucayali and student of the Shipibo-Konibo language since 2016, . She began learning with Professor Eli Sánchez and continued through her work with Alianza Arkana and plant medicine with Manuela Mahua (Jakon Rate). She is an artist, SE Practitioner, Expressive Arts Facilitator, and works with her spouse at Koshi Ayahuasca Retreat Center.