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Art & Culture

The script did not arrive from nowhere. Read where ADLaM came from, and the proverbs the language carries.

The ADLaM story

How two teenage brothers in Nzérékoré invented a whole script in 1989 — and how it reached Unicode and the world.

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Proverbs & sayings

Fulɓe wisdom in ADLaM, Fulfulde, and English. 6 collected so far.

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The Fulɓe people

History, the diaspora across West Africa, and pulaaku — the Fulani code of conduct.

Being written

Music, dress & craft

Listening guides, materials and makers, presented with sources and rights.

Being written

Proverb translations and romanizations are provisional and still being checked with native speakers. Learn to read them in ADLaM