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bankoko
ba-NKO-ko
grandparents
French: les grands-parents
Bankoko na ngai bazali na bwanya.
My grandparents are wise.
Mes grands-parents sont sages.
Grandparents — the keepers of memory and proverb. Bankoko are grandparents and ancestors both. They hold the family's stories, names and wisdom, and a child sent to sit with the bankoko is being given the past to carry forward.
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