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…

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

I just got a marketing email from the Social Security Adminstration 😑

Registration is open for the live small-group Bambara/Jula courses that I will be teaching in fall :-)

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

Aw ni ce! Friendly reminder (while on vacation 😴) that I am teaching live online Bambara/Jula courses for small groups of students this fall 🙂 There are still spots available! More info at ankataa.com/live-courses

Getting excited as I prepare the video materials for this semester's Advanced Bambara/Jula seminar :-)

Thinking about the Bambara language newspaper Kibaru and its founding

Finished the "radio edit" of the next "Na baro kè" video about a palm oil wholesale business :-) Here's some stills. Up next: subtitles!