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Mossi and Housa Commentary

Mossi and Housa Commentary
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A local scholar recites from the Koran, translating and explaining in Hausa, after which a younger man translates both into Mossi, a local language.

Courtesy of Gracia Clark (2016)
Mossi and Housa Commentary
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Creator: Clark, Gracia
Contributing Institutions: Gracia Clark; MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Michigan State University
Description: A local scholar recites from the Koran, translating and explaining in Hausa, after which a younger man translates both into Mossi, a local language.
Date: 2016
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Location: Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Format: Image/jpeg
Rights Management: For educational use only.
Digitizer: Gracia Clark