Author Archives: David Frank
solar electricity for translation team
We surprised the Kamo translation team with the solar electrical system, which… Continue reading
Musika Kriston di Jeremias Sanha
I am posting this with the permission–the blessing–of Jeremias Sanha, a talented composer and performer of Christian music in Kriol of Guinea-Bissau. I have been working with Jeremias for ten years on the Kriol Bible translation project. The songs he … Continue reading
yagu sabi
Drinking water in this part of the world is commonly distributed in plastic bags like the one pictured here. You bite the corner off of it and drink. What I thought was especially interesting in the ones I have seen … Continue reading
i sabi
Every meal, twice a day, here in Guinea-Bissau, consists of a large bed of rice topped with fish or meat in sauce. Most commonly we get half a fish, but we have had several meals of gazelle and one day … Continue reading
rice culture
Pastor Cutsau came to my room a few days ago to get me to come see rice being winnowed. I asked if it was okay for me to take a picture, and he assured me it was. Guinea-Bissau is part … Continue reading
experiencing church in Guinea-Bissau
SUNDAY, MARCH 4, LENDEM, GUINEA-BISSAU — Today I had the opportunity to visit a local Balanta church in Guinea-Bissau, out in the countryside where I am working with the Kriol translation team, near the town of Bissora. Let me describe … Continue reading
A common occurrence
It is amazing how frequently this seems to happen here, not that I know of any particular reason for it. The first week I was here on this trip, I heard about two different people dying, relatives of people I … Continue reading
Church in Lendem
I am in Guinea-Bissau doing another periodic check of the Portuguese Creole Bible translation in progress. We are working out in the countryside where we have worked many times before, in a little spot on the map called Lendem near … Continue reading
More Gullah
At the annual meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, which was held at the College of Charleston last week, I was invited to give the keynote address. My presentation Friday evening was called “An Inside Look at Gullah: What … Continue reading
A Frank Look at Languages and Cultures 