'Good news' papers for West Africa
BOOYATAA and BADAKE are the SOON Ministries outreach papers for the Fula/Fulani people of West Africa.BOOYATAA is written in Pulaar-Fulakunda and Pulaar-Futa Toro (Toucouleur). There are glossaries to help speakers of each dialect understand the rest of the material. The dialects are sufficiently similar to Pulaar Futa that those speakers may also find it accessible.
These Pulaar dialects are spoken in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Mauritania, western Mali, Republic of Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
BADAKE is produced in Adamawa Fulfulde, which is spoken in Chad, Cameroon, N Nigeria and Central African Republic. It may well be understood by Fulas in Niger, Benin, Togo, and it would be interesting to test readability among Fulas in eastern Mali and Burkina Faso.
Language helpers needed
We urgently need more volunteer mother-tongue language helpers especially in Fulfulde Adamawa for checking in any of these Fula dialects. Because speakers may not always be able to write the language accurately, and because two-way discussion is essential, we need their help and advice by phone – only really practical when they are living in the West, or else have access to Skype, and cheap Internet access. There are many Fula people in UK, France and USA, sometimes as asylum seekers. If you know of Fula people in your area who might help us, please tell us. It does not matter what religion they belong to.It may be possible to produce a third version of the paper in Fufulde-Maasiina in the future - please contact us if you can help.
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Free
These papers are offered free in any reasonable quantity to anyone who can use them among this language group. Individuals can also ask to be placed on the mailing list for a single copy of each issue. Email your requests to us.We will collaborate with any group which wishes to partner with us in the production/translation of the paper in other Fula dialects and we can give advice about use of fonts for the special Fula characters.
Read it online
You can read these 4-page papers online in PDF format, which will also allow you to print them in one or two colors on two paper sizes:- BOOYATAA
Issue 1: 4 pages of A4-size paper | 2 folded pages of A3-size paper
Issue 2: 4 pages of A4-size paper | 2 folded pages of A3-size paper
Issue 3: 4 pages of A4-size paper | 2 folded pages of A3-size paper
Issue 4: 4 pages of A4-size paper | 2 folded pages of A3-size paper
Issue 5: 4 pages of A4-size paper | 2 folded pages of A3-size paper
Issue 6: 4 pages of A4-size paper | 2 folded pages of A3-size paper
Issue 7: 4 pages of A4-size paper | 2 folded pages of A3-size paper
