Andrew Wolfe

Linguist of Saharan languages, bridge-builder. 🇹🇩🇸🇩🇺🇸, minority languages, literacy, matters of international/interfaith dialogue. Currently Darfur/Sudan.

[Mohanad @MohanadElbalal]

This is a really important point by @nattyray11 if Al Fashir falls the identity of Darfur which has been predominantly Non Arab African throughout its history will be forcibly changed.
The process of ethnically cleansing African ethnicities from Darfur and bringing in Arab Nomads from across the Sahel will only accelerate.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Inside the Sudanese city where no filming is allowed.

Al Fashir is being suffocated to death. Rare footage sent to Sky News shows streets emptied of cars and people - with residents forced to eat animal feed to survive.

Sky's @YousraElbagir reports.

https://t.co/oM8KvPqdLy

[Saroyah♡ྀི🎀 @saroyahx]

“El Fasher is no longer just a besieged city; it has become a mirror showing how greed can crush human conscience, and how the entire world becomes an accomplice when it chooses to watch hunger unfold and remain silent.” #KeepEyesOnSudan #AlFashir_is_starving

[Lauren Blanchard @LaurenBinDC]

Surreal how little international attention the sudden devastation of over half a million lives in recent weeks has received.

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

An IDP camp larger than most American cities has been 'obliterated' this week sending its 500,000 residents walking across the desert in search of safety. And it barely registers acknowledgement, let alone serious discussion about how to respond. Tragic. https://t.co/FCG82kE5Ee

[Lauren Blanchard @LaurenBinDC]

Devastating. In addition to housing a treasure trove of ancient Nubian, Kushite, and prehistoric artifacts, Sudan's museum housed beautiful Christian frescos (8th-14th century) from the Cathedral of Faras, which was flooded by the construction of the Aswan Dam.

[Yousra Elbagir @YousraElbagir]

The Sudan National Museum in Khartoum reclaimed only to confirm that hundreds of priceless artefacts, mostly from ancient Nubia, were indeed looted and destroyed.

The building was a key barrack for the RSF for the last 22 months.

[𝙴𝚖𝚒𝚛 of #𝟶𝟶𝟷 @MombasaEmir]

Data from Eurostat shows Kenya’s export of gum arabic jumped from 16,000 Kgs to 170,678 Kgs, worth Sh165.5B in 2023. Its now our third-largest export commodity🤣. But wait for it, do we produce even 5000Kgs of gum arabic? its all smuggled by RSF from Sudan to a Kenyan buyer

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

The USAID freeze has forced the closure of almost 80% of the emergency food kitchens set up to help people left destitute by Sudan's civil war, the BBC has learned. It is estimated that nearly two million people struggling to survive have been affected. https://t.co/3gpJ0xHgNz

[Andrew Wolfe @WolfeLing]

@TchadMyhometown @_hudsonc *American

[Mark Weston @markweston19]

Just as Sudan's army is finally winning the war against the RSF, the latter's international supporters including the UAE and Kenya are attempting to prolong the war by recognising the RSF - a militia led by genocidaires - as the country's legitimate government.

[Mahamat M Adam Bechir @BlazianP]

At Batha, 800 Chadians are implementing partitioned dike techniques associated with Zaï to reclaim degraded land.

The objective is to develop wet culture & strengthen resilience in the face of agricultural challenges. 🇹🇩🇩🇪 #Tchad

[Andrew Wolfe @WolfeLing]

@robbystarbuck @elonmusk Stop using pronouns. So… don’t talk? 🤦🏼‍♂️

[Andrew Wolfe @WolfeLing]

@AHMAT5348 @BlazianP 😂😂😂 ayyé hann... ma katir lakin nagdar ni-débrouiller kéda 🤣🤣🤣

[Andrew Wolfe @WolfeLing]

🧵 #Beria #Zaghawa #atelier #SaharanLanguages #HarmonieVocalique

L'un des aspects les plus fascinants de la langue béria est son système de ce que les linguistes appellent « l'harmonie vocalique ». Le béria comporte neuf sons vocaliques, mais

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[Andrew Wolfe @WolfeLing]

@mosalehab @Amy_Enchantee Je ne donne pas le mot en beria ici mais je peux dire que l'animal serait un chacal.

[Andrew Wolfe @WolfeLing]

@mosalehab @Amy_Enchantee Les mots pour "singe" et pour "chapeau" s'écrivent de différentes manières dans cette orthographe. Il est vrai que si on écrit dans un style franco-beri, ce serait écrit de la même manière.

Et ce n'est pas du savon. C'est bien un animal dont le nom en beria commence par "sa..."

[Andrew Wolfe @WolfeLing]

@Amy_Enchantee J'ai publié cette vidéo parce que je sais qu'on ne peut jamais décortiquer une conversation en béria en ne connaissant que quelques noms rarement utilisés.

[Andrew Wolfe @WolfeLing]

@Amy_Enchantee On me dit parfois (aujourd'hui même je l'ai entendu) qu'il m'est strictement interdit d'apprendre la langue à ceux qui ne font pas déjà partie de la communauté. Mais vous avez mal entendu votre "saboun" -- votre oreille a ajouté les sons que vous connaissez de l'arabe. 😊