Oswin Koehler

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Oswin Reinhold Albin Köhler (born October 14, 1911 in Tiefthal , now part of Erfurt ; † May 2, 1996 in Cologne ) was a German Africanist .

Life

Oswin Köhler graduated from the Reformrealgymnasium in Erfurt in 1929 . The linguist went on study trips to southeast and southern Europe . In 1938 Köhler took up his first position as a translator for European languages ​​at the High Command of the Wehrmacht in Berlin . At the same time, Oswin Köhler studied African languages ​​and ethnology as a guest student at the Friedrich Wilhelm University . In 1943 he passed the Swahili translator exam at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences .

After Oswin Köhler was released from American captivity in 1946, enrolled him in 1946 at the now more renamed Humboldt University, where he continued translate the studies of African Studies and Ethnology, 1948 took place its graduation to the Dr. phil. In 1952 he completed his habilitation there as a private lecturer in African studies.

Grave in the Melaten cemetery

After moving into the Federal Republic of Germany Koehler was at the 1954 University of Cologne umhabilitiert . Köhler, who was appointed adjunct professor there in 1961, was appointed full professor and director of the Institute for African Studies the following year, and in 1977 he retired .

In addition to working on Gur , Bantu and Nilotic languages , Oswin Köhler mainly devoted himself to researching the Bushman languages ​​and cultures of southern Africa .

Köhler died in 1996 at the age of 84. His grave is in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (hall 61).

Fonts

  • Directory of Urbantuwort Tribes, Berlin, 1946
  • History of the study of the Nilotic languages . Reimer, Berlin 1955.
  • Names of God and ideas of God among the Nilots, 1956
  • On the territorial history of the eastern Niger Arc, Reimer, Berlin 1958.
  • Gur Languages ​​in the Polyglotta Africana, in: Sierra-Leone Language Review, Vol. 3., pp. 65-73., Freetown, 1964.
  • History and problems of the structure of the languages ​​of Africa. From the beginnings to the present, in: The people of Africa and their traditional cultures, edited by Hermann Baumann , Volume 1, Steiner, Wiesbaden, 1975.
  • La Langue kxoe, in: Les langues dans le monde ancien et modern, edited by Jean Perrot, Volume 1, Paris, 1981.
  • Linguistics - South Africa: ( Moçambique , Swaziland , Republic of South Africa ): African languages ​​and dialects, emergence and dissemination of school and written languages, Borntraeger, Berlin, 1985, ISBN 3-443-28359-4 .
  • The world of the Kxoé Bushmen in Southern Africa: A self-expression in their own language, Volume 1, Reimer, Berlin 1989. ISBN 3-496-00013-9 .
  • The world of the Kxoé Bushmen in southern Africa: A self-expression in their own language. Basics of life: water, collecting and hunting, soil cultivation and animal husbandry = Volume 2 of the world of the Kxoé Bushmen in southern Africa: a self-presentation in their own language, Reimer, Berlin 1991. ISBN 3-496-00014-7 .

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SURNAME Koehler, Oswin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Köhler, Oswin Reinhold Albin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Africanist
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Tiefthal , today part of Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1996
Place of death Cologne