ENDANGERED LANGUAGES IN AFRICA: Bob Holma and Papa Susso

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POET BOB HOLMAN AND GRIOT PAPA SUSSO DOCUMENT ENDANGERED LANGUAGES IN
AFRICA
http://www.griottrail.com
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Dear friends,

Poetfessor Bob Holman landed in Dakar today for a 7-week adventure and
film shoot with collaborator griot Papa Susso. Please check
griottrail.com every weekday for music, video, info and journaling as
they document endangered languages to Timbuktu and back.

About the Project:
There are two consciousnesses: Orality and literature.

A common misconception is that if you can’t read then you are
illiterate. But of the 6500 languages in the world, only 700 are
written down! Conundrum: In order for oral Africans to write a book
extolling themselves, they must use the language of colonists, their
oppressors.

Every two weeks, a language disappears. BUT– with digital, we enable
orality to exist! We may not be able to “save” an oral tongue but we
can record it, preserve it, and put its wisdom to use. Then we will
stabilize and help languages grow before they become too endangered to
survive.

Tell a friend, send us your feedback, and sing a song of praise!

All the best,
Paul Barman, Bob's asst
griottrail@gmail.com
www.griottrail.com