The Jojk
* Jojking, if it is really clever, is so wonderful to hear that the listener almost has tears in his eyes, but when it is a jojker who swears and grinds his teeth and threatens to kill reindeer and their owners too, then it is horrible to listen to.' (Johan Turi )
A programme of recordings made recently in Lapland, with an account of the life to which these songs belong
Translations from Lappish made by Dr. Israel Ruong and David Thomson assisted by Professor Aake Campbell of Uppsala University Written and produced by David Thomson