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Word: baya (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...francs were gone, and it had to send a hurry call to Paris for more. By last week, more than 125,000 grams of gold had been sent to France. During one month alone, the government had paid out more than 22 million French African francs to Kaka and Baya tribesmen bringing in gold dust in penicillin bottles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMEROONS: Gold Rush | 7/29/1957 | See Source »

...district, as others scratched away on the creekside for the things they wanted most, only Gold Discoverer David Ambo was sad and idle. "A big Baya-man, who knows all things," said David gloomily, "he told me that the one who discovers gold must never touch it. If he does, the spirits will make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMEROONS: Gold Rush | 7/29/1957 | See Source »

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