Coleman Donaldson
@DonaldsonCD
Linguistic anthropologist. Speaks and teaches Manding (AKA Bambara, Dioula and Malinké) via @ankataa_project
I want it to be as easy and normal to learn African languages as Western languages like French or English so I made a full online beginner's class for Bambara/Dioula: ankataa.com/course
I think that there's a sociolinguistic stylization thing going on with the French R in France that I can't put my finger on and I'm googling like a maniac but it's not helping
Notre livre est arrivé! Pour fêter cette nouvelle un petit 🧵sur notre chanson préférée du livre avec Ari Il s'agit de la chanson XIV - Complainte d'une esclave pour son ami le beau Mamadu qui a été vendu loin à l'étranger Un chant entendu par al-Hajj Musa dans les années 1870
Registration is open for the live small-group Bambara/Jula courses that I will be teaching in fall :-)
I just got a marketing email from the Social Security Adminstration 😑
Sometimes people don't know to pronounce the letter Ŋ - ŋ in Bambara/Dioula words like "ŋɔmi" (pictured below) so my friend Marie-Ange and I made a video about it :-) youtu.be/-EUMEIPvBxQ
Aw ni ce! Preregistration is open for my live online Bambara, Jula, and Maninka courses this Fall! These are cohort-based and mix self-paced homework with real-time sessions. Tell me what times work for you so I can build the schedule 🙂 forms.gle/qrAY3GX9bmKnUx…
Someone sent me an anonymous message with suggested topics for future videos...
L'expression ivoirienne "dohiman" (menteur), c'est quelle langue à la base ? 🧐
What kind of fish do Jula-speaking old ladies in Abidjan mistakenly call "macaroni"? Find out in @DonaldsonCD's video here: youtu.be/tfdcOMP5-7Y?fe…