@lingonardi: song that survived slavery #linguistics #history #language

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wasitthebluelight
Mimimimimi :
THERE'S A DOCUMENTARY! "the language you cry in"
2025-06-20 16:28:54
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bonecultist
𡶀 :
You didn’t mention that she went to that village in Sierra Leone and the women started shouting “Welcome home!” over and over and when the translator told her she started crying 😭
2025-06-20 17:42:57
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shaka5050
N5050 :
Don't let the "we're Native Americans" crowd see this. It's honestly sad that more couldn't have been done to preserve language and culture, but it's mostly cruel because it was intentionally done.
2025-06-21 02:40:50
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tebogothusie
Tebogo🇧🇼 :
but they are Native Americans😔 ..
2025-06-21 07:44:56
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isi.ghost_16
Isi.tx_real :
The song says: "The grave is not yet dug. The grave is not yet dug. My heart is heavy. You must come home. The grave is not yet dug."
2025-06-21 08:58:16
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..anywherebuthere
k :
they were singing mourning songs while they were put to work? songs that would help them move onto the other side??? oh my god
2025-06-20 23:32:52
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comfymimi0
ComfyMiMi :
I’m Mende. Sierra Leonean
2025-06-20 21:25:50
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chiadikaja
chiadikaja :
don't let FBAs see this😂😂
2025-06-20 18:24:04
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s4gu4r0
S4GU4R0 :
It's painful that it survived likely because it was so practical and needed as a hymn for the deceased.
2025-06-20 20:52:57
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music_guy_1
Music_Guy :
This is sad. These people were living in their own home and the devils came from across the ocean and took them to hell. That is the most likely feeling they felt at that moment. Imagine seeing hell while alive.
2025-06-20 19:19:11
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jaylittlelisa
Jalisa :
And whose fault is thatttttt
2025-06-21 21:14:23
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misha_j_writer
Misha_j_writer :
I'm black American. I took an ancestry test and I have Mende roots too 🤯
2025-06-21 14:43:13
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rockitsu
MILFdoriya :
God that is so brutal to me. Imagine being taken away from a place you don’t know your family or your culture or who you are but you just have a song. And it survived. God I gotta lie down
2025-06-21 02:44:02
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oloriaura
See :
FBA and pretendians won’t like this!!!!
2025-06-21 04:01:44
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ccamhh
Cam ✡︎ :
This so incredibly beautiful
2025-06-20 15:57:13
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nieche68
Solidude :
Thats sad.
2025-06-20 15:24:49
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mexicanjeffdavis
Aaron :
Happy juneteenth
2025-06-20 18:48:45
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sayless417
Say less :
Mende is spoken between Liberia and Sierra Leone border
2025-06-21 06:00:49
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mediterranean_guyfrom213
iskandar🇩🇿 :
that's so touching and sad
2025-06-20 18:08:34
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the_question60
TheQuestion :
that's so tragic damn
2025-06-20 15:12:12
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diriijeta
DIRI IJETA :
We will never forget never forgive
2025-06-20 18:31:49
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jackpot.enjoyer
Wild West Enjoyer :
When you want to enjoy content but the "intelligent" comments simply won't let you
2025-06-21 00:45:30
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user90177307412733
user90177307412733 :
I think it’s interesting even up until the 1930s & 1940s there were people who remembered their ancestors were “Mollygassers” aka Malagasi from Madagascar
2025-06-20 17:51:24
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fredthenorman
Fred :
So sad but glad they found the village 🥺
2025-06-21 00:45:40
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