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Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Dùngììn máárrá góshkó gáályá.
In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed is king. (
Nobiin proverb)
Núnyá gale núnyá gódó.
There is knowledge beyond knowledge. (
Ewe proverb)
Did you know...
Mark Dingemanse is presented this Africa Award for his work on African linguistics, particularly his creation of beautiful maps and illustrations. Presented by
Amcaja from the
Africa-related regional notice board
From articles I contributed
...that
Sonjo , a
Bantu language of northern
Tanzania , has been spoken for centuries in an isolated enclave in
Maasai territory?
...that a large portion of the vocabulary of the coastal
Mozambiquean language
Ekoti derives from a past variety of
Swahili ?
...that the border between
Nilo-Saharan languages and
Bantu languages among the
languages of Uganda roughly coincides with the
Victoria Nile ?
...that
Diedrich H. Westermann found out that some of the
Sudanic languages were related to the
Bantu languages but did not explicitly state this conclusion until much later in his career, out of respect for his teacher
Carl Meinhof ?
...that the
1318
Mamluk
Qala'un Mosque was considered the most glamorous
mosque in
Cairo until its wooden dome collapsed in the
16th century ?
...that the
Yaaku at a community meeting between 1925 and 1936 decided to abandon their own language in favour of
Maasai ?
...that
Bono Manso , the capital of
Bono state , was an ancient
Akan trading town in present-day
Ghana , which was frequented by caravans from
Djenné as part of the
Trans-Saharan trade ?
...that
Dorobo is a derogatory
Maa term for various unrelated
hunter-gatherer groups of
Kenya and Northern
Tanzania ?
...that the
Defaka people of
Nigeria are gradually
abandoning their language in favour of the language of the
Nkoroo , their close neighbours?
...that missionaries of the Belgian
Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae did missionary work in
China ,
Mongolia , the
Philippines , and in
Congo Free State /
Belgian Congo ?
...that many speakers of
Nobiin were forcedly resettled to
Kom Ombo (Egypt) and
New Halfa (Sudan) due to the construction of the
Aswan High Dam ?
I could go on and on, but I will leave it to this gesture to tell you how important you have been to Africa on wikipedia.
Ezeu 04:17, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
For your brilliant work on
linguistics-related articles and the creation of
superb maps , I award you the Barnstar of Diligence
TreveX
talk 16:21, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
(KC)
For your exceptional work in mentoring newcomers (not to mention your unflagging patience with everyone else), I hereby award you this Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar. --
Dvyost 15:41, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
(KC)
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