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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def load_speaker(corpus, path):
 """ Create a speaker instance for the given path. """

        base_path, speaker_name = os.path.split(path)
        base_path, gender_desc = os.path.split(base_path)
        base_path, __ = os.path.split(base_path)
        base_path, tag = os.path.split(base_path)

        gender = issuers.Gender.UNKNOWN

        if gender_desc == 'male':
            gender = issuers.Gender.MALE
        elif gender_desc == 'female':
            gender = issuers.Gender.FEMALE

        speaker = issuers.Speaker(speaker_name, gender=gender)
        corpus.import_issuers(speaker)

        return speaker