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Everyone laughed and looked around, surprised to discover that I could speak Bambara, chagrined that I had understood their comments, and amazed at my admission. There was a flurry of activity as people squished themselves as far away as possible. One old man was skeptical and, in my defense, suggested that I couldn't speak Bambara very well and had said something I didn't mean to.

—from Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa, a book by Katherine A. Dettwyler

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Long Texts 103 88.69 December 30, 2016
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