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Recordings are kept in the language they were spoken in, with human-checked translation alongside.
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Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, Jola and the words that carry culture.
8 entries in the archive.
Audio · Mandinka · 14 min
Proverbs in Mandinka
Forty sayings, with the situations that call for them.
Open entryAudio · Wolof · 8 min
Wolof Greetings, In Full
The long greeting nobody shortens at home.
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Story · English · 7 min read
Words With No Translation
What is lost when a term is rendered into English.
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Languages recordings
Oral History · The Gambia
The Story My Grandmother Never Wanted Us to Forget
Audio · 12 min
Music · Senegal
The Drummers of Dakar
Video · 8 min
Place & History · The Gambia
The Meaning Behind a Village Name
Story · 7 min
Traditions · Senegal
Kankurang: The Guardian of the Grove
Story · 6 min read
Languages · Liberia
The Vai Script: A Writing System Made in Liberia
Story · 5 min read
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