There is a song that Amadou sometimes plays from his boombox in which a woman sings the benefits of smoking cigarettes.
The children believe she is speaking Pulaar (she isn't) and here is how they have interpreted the lyrics: “Cigaretti, cigaretti, dabi fightin…almeti, bisketi.” (Cigarettes, cigarettes, ‘dabi fightin' … matches, biscuits).
Except for the “dabi fightin” it could be a song about items sold in bitiks. I approve.
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