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Word: tuaytolo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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From Stanleyville, Belgian Congo, Chicago Daily Newsman George Weller last week told how a young British Baptist missionary had gone so far native as to revive drum talking. John Carrington, 29, learned the drum tongue from a tattooed old drum master, Lifindiki Tuaytolo, freely translated as Quarrelsome Smith. Missionary Carrington and Quarrelsome Smith taught young tribesmen how to converse with a two-toned hollowed wood drum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: Drumming Baptist | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

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