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:ohhh: Is this true?
 
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This excerpt from Fally Ipupa's song (video @ 1:35) shows that Sango is not the only language that continues to use the nominal semantax that historically gave birth to the grammatical category of the verb (see loro ti mbi "I run" (literally "my race")). Here we have the following Lingala sentence: Le 2 juillet, (ya) biso tembe na Foire "July 2, we will challenge the Fair". Any speaker of Lingala understands it immediately in this way, although there is not a single verb in this sentence. Indeed, biso being the independent personal pronoun of the 1st person plural (preceded by na or ya, it forms the corresponding possessive pronoun) and tembe meaning "challenge" (substantive), the only literal translation is: "On July 2, our challenge to the Fair ". Here, the genitive particle ya is implied in the song (but not in the phrase ya biso candidat Mobutu "our candidate, Mobutu" that is found in another Congolese song, that of Franco Luambo Makiandi to the glory of President Mobutu ).
It is a safe bet that such noun phrases with verbal meaning are common in African languages if one pays attention to them. And one way of studying them is to analyze common songs and discourses in African languages. The Lingala sentence here is even in the future tense when nothing else indicates it except the date of July 2 (today !!!) which is later than the date of the release of the song. Without this indication it could well have been in the present or even in the past. Those familiar with the texts of ancient Egypt are familiar with this situation, where only the context allows one to decide between several options.
This small linguistic break emphasizes the fact that African languages keep alive the memory of all the linguistic processes that have taken place in the history of languages. Africans, whether they are from the Continent or the Diaspora, are the safest guardians of this memory. May them continue to exist as a community. For the sake of all Mankind.
 
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Bantus=The Slavs of Africa.

Ethiopians(Abyssinians)=The Chinese of Africa.

Mali/Timbuktu=The Athens and Paris of Africa.

Ashantis=The Japanese Samurais of Africa

Tuaregs=The Vikings of Africa

The Hausas=The English of Africa

Igbo=The Irish of Africa

Yoruba=The Germans of Africa

Somalis=The Ottoman Empire of Africa

Swahili states=The Italian city states of Africa

The Nubians=The Vietnamese of Africa.

Songhay=The Rome of Africa

Anyone agree?
 
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