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5 Things That Will Make You Say Waaw (Wow)!-gctid130933

Started by Kala Kambon, Nov 09, 2014, 10:12 AM

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Waaw, pronounced "wow," is the Wolof way of saying "Yes!"
Here are five reasons that learning this language- mainly spoken in Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania- might make you say, "Waaw," (or surprise you and make you say "Wow!"):
1- Learning Wolof means reclaiming one of the languages that almost a million of our ancestors who were forced into enslavement through Senegal ports spoke...and were forced to forget. Can I get a Waaw or a Wow on this!?
2- By learning Wolof you'll be able to speak one of the language that our great Wolof scholar and ancestor, Dr Cheikh Anta Diop, used to establish that Kmt (ancient Egypt) was a Black nation. The language holds linguistic connections to Mdw Ntr (hieroglyphic language of ancient Egypt) - Have you said Waaw / Wow yet?
3- Learning how to speak Wolof will connect you with over Three Million Wolof speakers worldwide. Waaw / Wow!
4- Understanding Wolof means having access to one of the most powerfully healing spiritual systems, Ndepp, of which mainly women are priestesses; such as our warrior ancestor, Fatou Sek. They communicate with the Rab (healing forces) in Wolof to help the community. Waaw and Wow!
5- Every time you hear a song by Youssou N'Dour (musician and political activist) you'll finally understand what the heck that man is saying! Waaw, waaw!
Bonus #6- Griots, the keepers of the history of the Wolof people, memorize and recite hundreds of years of Wolof history. If you're blessed to be in the presence of a traditional Senegelese Griot you too will be able to hear and understand the ancient text recited for Wolof speakers to hear.  - Oh, Waaw!!!
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To Be AnKmtyw Woman is to:


- be life affirming


- be in partnership with an Kmtyw man


- be a political organizer


- function as part of a collective


- exert influence


- speak for the Ancestors


- be an advocate for Kmt


- be a mother who does whatever is necessary to protect her child


- teach


- be a healer


- represent the continuity of Kmtyw people


- represent the stability of the Kmtyw family


- maintain and pass on Kmtyw culture


- organize and direct the Kmtyw market, enabling our people to understand thespirit of economic exchange and distribution of our resources


- be a scientist of the sacred


- be an intellectual


- be Divine


Quote By Marimba Ani

:sankofa:


Lugha nyingi na si wakati utosha. Tafsiri: "Many languages and not enough time."
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
-sbAt Rkhty Amen