The following item from the Freetown daily paper, Concord Times, was seen on AllAfrica.com at http://allafrica.com/stories/200503100054.html . "Fullah" (or Fulah or Fula) is a loan from the Mande (Manding) languages for the Ful'be, the same people who in French are called Peul (or Peuhl - a Wolof loan) and in Nigerian English are called Fulani (from the Hausa term). In Guinea and Sierra Leone they call their language Pular. DZO
Africanist Movement Condemns Banning of Fullah News On Radio Concord Times (Freetown) [no URL] March 9, 2005 Posted to the web March 10, 2005 Ibrahim Seibureh Freetown Africanist Movement-Sierra Leone has condemned the decision of local authorities and Station Manager of Radio Mankeneh (FM98.1) in Makeni to unilaterally ban the airing of the usual community news in fullah and other subsequent programmes. Africanist Movement Country Director, Chernoh Alpha M. Bah says the termination of the said programme is contrary to principles governing freedom of expression and equally runs against the purpose for which the said community radio was established. "We believe that such a decision has the potential of generating ethnic tension amongst the people and would negatively affect the peace and stability we are currently enjoying because it is absolutely geared towards the marginalization of the fullah community," the Africanist Movement said in a press release issued Tuesday. The Organization says the Ministry of Information and Independent Media Commission together with other organizations and authorities concerned should intervene and resolve the matter because it contaminates the peaceful coexistence and habitation of the fullah people and members of other tribes whose leaders spearheaded the decision." Africanist Movement Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Conteh says a delegation would be dispatched to meet the station manager and local authorities and negotiate a peaceful resolution of the issue in order to advert any boomerang reaction that would create a crisis situation amongst the people. "Africans belong to a single family and should therefore avoid creating a dichotomy that offers no room for mutual development," he said. The said community news in fullah language was started early last year and it was aired alongside other languages whose ethnicities occupying Makeni and its environs. It was a daily current affairs programme presented by Abu Bakarr Bah (alias DJ Quelt). For support to this campaign send emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/S.QlOD/3MnJAA/Zx0JAA/TpIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
