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Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila review – a comic tale of late-night mayhem

Edit The Guardian 06 May 2016
Three places loom large in Mujila’s award-winning debut, translated by Roland Glasser ... There’s the singer who looks like Maria Callas and speaks Wolof and Etruscan; the police chief who pumps Bach and Shostakovich into cells on a strict schedule; the drunken gangster obsessed with French cinema ... Phone orders min p&p of £1.99. ....

UW Presents Student International Research Awards (University of Wyoming)

Edit Public Technologies 04 May 2016
(Source. University of Wyoming). May 4, 2016 - The University of Wyoming Center for Global Studies (CGS) has selected its student international research awards for 2016 ... Boulder, Colo. -- Lisa Kant, Ph.D ... Butte, S.D ... student in international studies, and environment and natural resources, 'Internship in The Gambia' focusing on the factors impacting the migratory decision making of Wolofs; Centennial Fellowship in Global Studies ... Wray, Colo....

New Yorkers get a second chance to stay out of trouble

Edit New York Post 30 Apr 2016
Scores of New Yorkers breathed sighs of relief Saturday after wiping their legal slates clean in a warrant-forgiveness event ... For the non-English speakers, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Cantonese, Wolof (spoken in Gambia and Senegal) interpreters were on hand for the event, an initiative by Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr ... He said he missed his court date because he was away at university ... “This happened back when I was in high school....

Africanews joins continent's TV fray

Edit BBC News 21 Apr 2016
Africanews, a 24-hour news TV station targeting viewers across the continent, has launched from studios in Congo-Brazzaville's port city of Pointe-Noire ... It says it is carried by pay TV providers across Africa, reaching 7.3 million homes in 33 countries ... Currently broadcasting in English and French, it has ambitions to launch in Swahili, Portuguese, Hausa and Wolof and other languages.Presenter-free ... There is a gap to fill ... ....

Cheikh Anta Diop: The Consummate Intellectual And The Future of Africa

Edit Modern Ghana 17 Apr 2016
By Francis Kwarteng. REVIEWER. FRANCIS KWARTENG ... Diop’s “melanin dosage test,” for instance; and his translation of Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity into his native Wolof ... Diop translated this aspect of Einstein’s theory into his native language, Wolof, at the time leading Western scholars were claiming no native African was developed or sophisticated enough to develop complex ideas such as philosophy....

COMMITTEE ON THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONSIDERS THE INITIAL REPORT OF MAURITANIA (UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Apr 2016
(Source. UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva). 12 April 2016 ... Mauritania had strengthened the capacity of concerned national authorities, organized awareness-raising campaigns and carried out training on combatting trafficking in children. Forty-seven border control units had been established and connected ... Report ... Wolof and Pulaar languages were also spoken, meaning that migrant workers from West Africa had no trouble being understood....

Language Prof Chosen for Fulbright Program in Africa (Angelo State University)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Apr 2016
(Source. Angelo State University). Dr. Karen Cody, a professor of French and Spanish in Angelo State University's Department of English and Modern Languages, has been selected for the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program to conduct research in the West African nation of Senegal this summer. Dr ... The official language of Senegal is French but most of the population speaks Wolof or another regional language ... It was founded by U.S. Sen. J....

Dr. Cody Chosen for Fulbright Seminar in Africa (Angelo State University)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Apr 2016
(Source. Angelo State University). Dr. Karen Cody, a professor of French and Spanish in Angelo State University's Department of English and Modern Languages, has been selected for the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program to conduct research in the West African nation of Senegal this summer. Dr ... The official language of Senegal is French but most of the population speaks Wolof or another regional language ... It was founded by U.S. Sen. J....

LiveAfrica Live: Nigeria 'safe corridor' for militants, Zimbabwe wheelchair 'barricade'

Edit BBC News 06 Apr 2016
Summary. Live Reporting. By Clare Spencer and Farouk Chothia. Get InvolvedGet Involved. UpdateZimbabwe deputy minister 'barricaded'. Posted at 09.04. Paralympic officials in wheelchairs barricaded a deputy minister in Zimababwe for four hours following a dispute over money, the state-owned Herald newspaper reports this morning ... ShareShare this post on ... Posted at 09.03 ... A Wolof proverb sent by Sarata Ngack Sowe, Bakau, The Gambia ... ....

Why I’ve decided to join the Labour party then immediately resign

Edit The Guardian 12 Mar 2016
Alexei Sayle. If Jeremy Corbyn is going to reform the party in his own kindly image, my next act is going to have to be about sandwiches ... I am aware that others might not agree ... The Wolof people of Senegal had an entire caste, the oole, who served in the royal court as jesters – although they were at the bottom of the caste system, they could say unpleasant but true things to the ruler without being punished ... These will be.. 1. Spiders ... 2 ... ....

 Banjul Night Life - City Entertainment in the Good Old Days

Edit All Africa 08 Mar 2016
[Daily Observer] The Gambias capital, Banjul, will be 200 years next month. This city, dominated by the Wolof tribe, is home to more than 30,000 inhabitants with a rich and diverse culture ... ....

Senegal's founding president's poetry heard in native language for first time

Edit The Guardian 08 Mar 2016
The late Léopold Sédar Senghor was a renowned writer but only recently has a significant volume of his work been translated from French to Serer ... Twitter ... My father faced a daunting task. official figures put Senegalese adult literacy rates at 60%, and although Serer is the third most popular language spoken by roughly 15% of the country, the younger generation is losing interest in favour of Wolof or French ... Twitter ... ....

Increasing soil fertility by fighting erosion: a win-win for Senegalese farmers (NCBA - National Cooperative Business Association)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Mar 2016
(Source. NCBA - National Cooperative Business Association) ... Millet producers group. 'What have you done to solve the erosion problem?' The answer was usually silence ... Hegarty's background in Peace Corps Senegal years ago and use of the local Wolof language also helped to put the recommendations into cultural and useful terms-more applicable than broad natural resource management policies ... Original Document ... (noodl. 32510704) ....
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