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All About Senegalese Money

Posted in Currency, French, Numbers, Phrases, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , on Thursday, August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

In Senegal they use the franc CFA. But the traditional unit of currency is the dërëm which is counted by fives. Usually when dealing with money most people will deal strictly with the French terms for simplicity. If Wolof is used the dërëm is implied if not specifically said. So for example junni is [...]

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Senegal-Sabar-Baarambaye

Posted in Culture, Music, Senegalese, Video, tagged , , , , , on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »

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Tirailleur Sénégalais Day

Posted in Holidays, Senegalese, tagged , , , , , on Saturday, August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Tirailleur Sénégalais (Senegalese Riflemen) were Senegalese soldiers who fought for France during the first half of the last century. Today is an official Senegalese holiday…for more on the history of the Tirailleurs click HERE.

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Going to Senegal?

Posted in Information, Senegalese, Travel, tagged , , on Thursday, August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Customs & Duties – Some items are not allowed into the country without proper clearance by Senegalese customs officials. Although the list includes computers and cameras it is unlikely that you won’t be allowed in the country or that your items will be confiscated if you have them. If you are concerned about anything you [...]

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New Wolof Dictionary

Posted in French, Links, Vocabulary, tagged , , on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

This looks like a great promising dictionary…the only thing is that it’s mostly all in French but on the other hand this can be very helpful in learning the French along with your Wolof as you Google Translate the French into English!
Oh, and the address for the website? It is http://wolofici.wordpress.com

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Please note…

Posted in Notices, tagged , , on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Janga Wolof book through Lulu (the top link to the right) is currently unavailable. However if you click the cafepress link (the shirt under the book cover) there are is a different version available (same content, different size and cover). Thank you.

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Do me a favor…

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on Thursday, August 7, 2008 | 7 Comments »

If you happen to be in Senegal and you happen to catch a young lady with a “beauty” product known as lightening or whitening cream please confiscate it, snatch it out of her hand if you have to, empty out the contents, rub it into the dirt rendering it unusable and toss out the empty [...]

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