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Anne Lee 
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After trawling fruitlessly through my backup system to retrieve this text from so many years ago, I fortunately found a new reference on the Internet. I will also include the text given as the translation:
At the foot of the pineapple tree
Yaku ladles a banana into his aunt's red ... See more After trawling fruitlessly through my backup system to retrieve this text from so many years ago, I fortunately found a new reference on the Internet. I will also include the text given as the translation:
At the foot of the pineapple tree
Yaku ladles a banana into his aunt's red hat.
See page 3 of the pdf file:
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| | | | Phil Hand
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| Curiouser and curiouser... | Apr 14, 2015 |
Link says the language is unknown, and yet gives a translation... how does that work? Is this some new Google Translate feature I was unaware of?!
Great link to a lovely resource, thank you, Anne.
| | | | | Kiluba language of southern Congo, Katanga provice | Apr 14, 2015 |
According to the following website, the language is Kiluba, spoken in southern Congo, Katanga province:
https://lokoleyacongo.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/all-about-the-congolese-folk-song-banaha/
According to the World Atlas of Language Structures, Kiluba is also known as "Luba-Shaba", "Luba-Katanga", and just "Luba":
... See more According to the following website, the language is Kiluba, spoken in southern Congo, Katanga province:
https://lokoleyacongo.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/all-about-the-congolese-folk-song-banaha/
According to the World Atlas of Language Structures, Kiluba is also known as "Luba-Shaba", "Luba-Katanga", and just "Luba":
http://wals.info/languoid/lect/wals_code_kil
Interesting stuff!
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| | | | Anne Lee
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TOPIC STARTER | At last I understand | Apr 15, 2015 |
why this song is so fascinating. Listening to the Miss Luba version is amazing. I had never heard it until now but was told about it by my children years ago. Thanks for the link, Michael. I agree with Phil that the 'translation' seems suspect, as if someone simply picked up on the 'ladu'/ladle and the 'banaha'/banana, adding something fanciful for fun. It had not even occurred to me that there are no pineapple trees in Africa.
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