Griot at Moussa's marriage

[mamoujolie]

walai tégueré ka fooo

[delichouse]

non sa c'est ma tante a que moi ! loool

[aflofleur]

ééé ALLAH ayé téguéré fo ça!!!!

[moleculesnmorphemes]

She's not only singing TO this guy from Can. (who is a bystander or was actually invited to this wedding), she's singing ABOUT & FOR him (and other Canadians around). She's praising them & the country. People who posted this & are commenting on it r missing the point. Griots sing praises (among other things). She is subtly expecting compensation for her words. Jeliw are paid for their memories and voices. Her French isn't bad; just has a Bamana accent. And, most of this is in Bamana, not French.

[singa89]

@moleculesnmorphemes Thanks for your corrections

[moleculesnmorphemes]

Yur wlcm. The poster n commenters aren't totally wrong, just missing part of the story. Griots do keep oral tradition, but she's not singing about Mansa Musa, she's singing about the family, nation, well-being and good features of the dude standing in front of her. I see some comments mention money; they get that she's kind of hoping for payment. Crazy that it's an American (and not nat. speaker) who thinks her French is bad. People around the world don't usually speak textbook French.

[Sauvageonne]

Lol, le pauvre touriste!- "Daniel! Tu donnes l'argent non!"

[mamadykamara]

yeah..il faut me envoyer en chez toi, yeah right...

... the actual meaning of tubabu is white person, tubabukè = white man. Stranger/foreigner: lonlan (maninka) or dunan (bambara).

[Nimberono]

I miss Gambia when I see this... Pffff...

[koria92]

cette video est vraiment géniale!!

[Ritass8]

trop cool j'adore!!!

[Ramsyst]

I love it!

[airforceid1]

BESIDE her bad french..she is still rocking very nice ..reminds me of all the weedings I attended while in Conakry..belle voix

[bakario]

a barica !

[1Blessedprincess]

Brilliant!!! Remind me of my rooots!!