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Ethnolinguistic and genetic diversity of fonio (Digitaria exilis) in Senegal

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Fonio (Digitaria exilis—Kippist—Stapf) is a neglected cereal crop that plays a crucial role in the food and nutritional security of sub‐Saharan populations.
Baye Magatte Diop, Mame Codou Guèye, Christian Leclerc, Monique Deu, Leila Zekraoui, Carolina Calatayud, Ronan Rivallan, Justin Raymond Kaly, Momar Cissé, Marie Piquet, Omar Diack, Ablaye Ngom, Angélique Berger, Ibrahima Ndoye, Khadidiatou Ndir, Yves Vigouroux, Ndjido Ardo Kane, Adeline Barnaud, Claire Billot   +18 more
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Changing human–nature relationships: Insights from Guinea‐Bissau woodlands

People and Nature
The ecological impacts of landscape changes resulting in significant simplification of natural systems have been extensively studied worldwide. Yet, few studies have examined how such biophysical changes affect the value local communities place on nature
Ana Leite, Luís Catarino, Sambu Seck, Quintino Mbunhe, Aida Cuní‐Sanchez   +4 more
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A Contextual Approach to Characterizing Caregiver Responsiveness in a Rural Area of The Gambia. [PDF]

Infancy
ABSTRACT Interactions with caregivers play a crucial role in early development. While most of the world's children live in Majority World countries, research on caregiving predominantly uses measures developed in the Minority World (particularly North America and Europe), potentially biasing characterizations of parenting in understudied populations ...
Stevelt HC, Mbye E, Touray E, Fadera T, Saidykhan M, Kambi O, Papageorgopoulou E, McCann S, Elwell CE, Moore SE, Lloyd-Fox S, Milosavljevic B.   +11 more
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Determinants of Insecticide-Treated Net Utilization for Malaria Prevention Among Under-Five Children in The Gambia: Evidence From National Survey. [PDF]

J Trop Med
Background: Malaria is one of the deadliest mosquito‐borne diseases. Despite the demonstrated benefits of insecticide‐treated nets (ITNs) usage in children under 5 years of age, nonuse is linked to higher mortality and morbidity rates. This study examined how child‐, maternal‐, household‐, and community‐level determinants influence ITN utilization ...
Barrow A, Kinteh B, Badjie M, Kongira A, Adebayo AM, Kuye RA, Sanyang E.   +6 more
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Directive and optative clauses in Manding languages

Mandenkan, 2023
This article discusses the structure of directive and optative clauses in Manding languages. The discussion mainly relies on a comparison between the two Manding languages for which detailed data on directive and optative clauses are available: Mandinka ...
Denis Creissels
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Characterization of NAT, GST, and CYP2E1 Genetic Variation in Sub-Saharan African Populations: Implications for Treatment of Tuberculosis and Other Diseases. [PDF]

Clin Pharmacol Ther
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health burden in Africa. Although TB is treatable, anti‐TB drugs are associated with adverse drug reactions (ADRs), which are partly attributed to pharmacogenetic variation. The distribution of star alleles (haplotypes) influencing anti‐TB drug metabolism is unknown in many African populations.
Malinga TVB, Othman H, Paximadis M, Tiemessen CT, Ramsay M, Hazelhurst S, Twesigomwe D.   +6 more
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Children’s acquisition of new/given markers in English, Hindi, Mandinka and Spanish: Exploring the effect of optionality during grammaticalization

Glossa Psycholinguistics, 2022
We investigated the effect of optionality on the acquisition of new/given markers, with a special focus on grammaticalization as a stage of optional use of the emerging form. To this end, we conducted a narrative-elicitation task with 5-year-old children
Vishakha Shukla, Madeleine Long, Paula Rubio-Fernandez   +2 more
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Invisible Superstructure of the Visible: Contested Notions of Authorized Order, or How to Render the Kankurang In_Visible

On_Culture, 2022
This _Article investigates debates on visualizations of the Kankurang and offers a new conceptualization of the interrelation of processes of heritagization and in_visibility.
Claudia Ba
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A typological rarum in Mande languages: Argument-predicate reversal in nominal predication

Mandenkan, 2022
After a typological overview of the nominal predication constructions found in the Mande languages, this article describes and analyzes in more detail a phenomenon found in the nominal predication constructions of Mandinka and some other Mande languages ...
Denis Creissels
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Folklore genre designation among the Manden peoples

Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2023
In this article I deal with the problem of division into genres and genre designation in the oral tradition of the Bamana, Maninka, and Dyula. These people belong to the Manden or Mandinka, Mandingo peoples (Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso).
Olga Zavyalova
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