Wolof in Bajan
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Wolof in Kreyòl Ayisyen
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Bamanankan in Trinidadian Creole
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Africanisms in gestures
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Retention of Wolof. The Wolof word for “understand” or “hear” is degg. Degg nga? = You dig?
When students linger after class, beg to continue the topic next time, come what may... (Credit to Josephine Baker and her #BlackAtlantic life...)
Pictured here with adopted children, She in army uniform... Bits of the story my class did not know
New Article Out: The Blood Remembers
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