African Silences

Silsil Afrik ko deftere Peter Matthiessen winndi e hitaande 1991 nde Random House yaltini. Nde siftinii yah-ngartaaji e nder Afrik Ekuwatoor ngam janngude ngonka kulle ladde goɗɗe, nde woni ko e miijaade e aduna tawaaɗo oo e jokkondiral aadee e mum e batte mum.

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Deftere ndee ina siftina njilluuji ɗiɗi : gadanol ngol ko njilluuji e kitaale 1970 to Senegaal, Gammbi, e Kodduwaar (e wondude e ganndo primatoloji biyeteeɗo Gilbert Boese) e ɗiɗmol ngol ko njilluuji e hitaande 1986 to Gabon e Zaïre. E nokkuuji ceertuɗi o ƴeewtindiima daabaaji ceertuɗi—yeru, to Zaïre, o ɓuri waawde huutoraade ko ƴiye Konngo. Matthiessen teskiima wonde ngonka to bannge keewal daabaaji e duumingol mum en ina heewi bonde no feewi e ko miijitee koo—e nder won e sahaaji "daabaaji ɗii ina pamɗi no feewi haa ɗi ngalaa goonga e nguurndam ñalnde kala." Silmude tiitoonde ndee ina hollita silmudeeji baɗeteeɗi e ŋakkeende daabaaji e verdanest woɗɗude e bannge gooto ɓeydagol mawngol e nder gure aadee.[citation needed]

Gooto e geɗe teskinɗe seeɗa e nder ciimtol ɓurngol mettude e nder ‘silminagol’ tagoore (ngol ina jogii mbaydi Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring) ko yeewtere eɓɓooje ngam haɗde njulaagu ƴiye e nder winndere ndee, ko Matthiessen miijii ko wiɗto ngo o waɗi e ballondiral e ganndo ko faati e ekolooji biyeteeɗo David the West3.

Deftere ndee ina waɗi kadi nate politik, sibu Matthiessen haaliino kadi ko fayti e bonanndeeji won e laamuuji e nder diiwaan hee, kam e yeewtude ko fayti e nokkuuji e aduna tawaaɗo. Won e pelle aadee ina cifaa e kelme ɓurɗe laaɓtude, ko wayi no pigmeeji Mbuti e nder ladde Ituri.[citation needed]

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