Wolof Greetings, In Full
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Wolof Greetings, In Full

Audio8 min Serrekunda, KanifingWolof

The long greeting nobody shortens at home.

Na nga def, maa ngi fi — and then the part visitors usually miss: the family, the household, the night that passed.

The exchange can run a full minute, and cutting it short is read as news of trouble.

Recorded twice: between peers, and between a young man and an elder.

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