In my first few days in village I played a game with the children where they'd hand me a dalasi and I'd hide it in my hands and pretend it had disappeared. Or I would hide it behind my back. It was like a magic trick, except I don't actually know any magic tricks. But whenever I would tell them the coin was not there, they would say, "Maaji!" so I thought they were saying, "magic."
Nope. It turns out "maaji" is the Pulaar word for "lost." Even the kids didn't confuse my coin-hiding for magic.
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