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...born in 1957, three years before Senegal gained independence from France, into a family that belonged to the French-educated Senegalese elite and the dominant Wolof ethnic group. They lived in the French part of Dakar, which was rare for Africans...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty Profile | 2/26/1998 | See Source »

...dialect spoken by a group of Negroes living in an isolated part of South Carolina. . . . According to Mr. Turner's studies, Gullah jook-house (phonetically, dzuk haus), meaning "a disorderly house, a house of ill repute," is related apparently to words in two West African languages. In Wolof, dzug or dzog means "to lead a disorderly life, to misconduct oneself." In Bambara, dzugu means "wicked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 29, 1940 | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

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