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In this discussion, Dr. Souleymane Bachir Diagne advocates for multiple Pan-African languages. While he includes the colonial languages along with Swahili in his formulation, he also suggests Manding and Fula.
His recommendation of Manding is a logical one. These are sometimes called the “clear languages of the Sahara” and possess a high degree…
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Ganni ya fi ji.
“Seeing is better than hearing.”
-Hausa proverb
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“An expedition against one maroon group in a swamp on the Savannah River in 1765 encountered a lookout post set up on a scaffold, on which one black was ‘hoisting Colours’ and another was ‘Beating a Drum’ to warn the members of the community—who escaped before the expedition could reach them. John Thornton found that during the 1739 Stono…
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Akokɔnini bow nsa a, na ne werɛ afi sɛ ofi nkesua mu.
“When the rooster becomes intoxicated, he forgets that he came from an egg.”
-Akan proverb
Explanation: Wealth, power, influence and status often get into people’s heads and make them behave as if they were not human beings like other people.
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Fowls always intoxicated in Akan proverbs LOL
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