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My name is Zubah
Gaweh from Borkeza.
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The thing I want
to tell you
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Here in Borkeza
We have three quarters
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The school building here
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here in Borkeza,
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that is Yarkpawalo Zaza school building
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Kokulo Nazbh was the head for the people
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who built the road.
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Nazbh was from Borkeza
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The Mandingo people came here
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to buy Kola nuts.
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They are strangers to us.
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[Asking Interviewer:
Should I stop it? Or should I keep going?]
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As I said there are
three quarters here in Borkeza
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Kokulo Nazbh was the head
for the people who built the road.
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They are the ones
that paved the road from here
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to the junction.
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[Other person:
Which road did they pave?]
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They paved the road from
Borkeza to the junction
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In Loma days,
they would carry him (Kokula)
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on a palanquin to Voinjama and Zorzor.
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The fourth president
used to come here to Borkeza
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they would carry him
on their heads to the riverside.
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There was another manager here
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he was a Kpelle man
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Kama was his name.
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That manager for them
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was from Woizu, he was a Kpelle man.
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The time they were building the road,
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the road to Lofa
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He was the manager
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From Bokeza to Lofa.
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When they built the road,
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they had no shovel
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they had no axe,
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only cutlass and stick.
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They used to be poking
with the stick
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and taking the mud.
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The time
they were building the road
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from Wakezu to Zigda
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no pail, no rubber,
they would just fire it good
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they would pack the mud down.
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They would take the mud
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And use that mud to build the road
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The manager for that road,
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they used to call him Bubille
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Bubille, he came to the river
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to say no more palanquin,
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he told them just fix the road.
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Then a new company came
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the company was called Rayman
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to build the road
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from Zorzor to Voinjama.
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They had a machine, the CAT
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they used it to make the road
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They used
to be passing and see people
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carrying something
on their heads and say stop it.
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Rayman said that if someone does this
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they’re not responsible for that.
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It is not good to use palanquin.
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That is why the company carried reports
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to Prince Tawbar
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and he says they should put a stop it.
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At that time teachers,
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their wives,
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all would go in the palanquin.
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The manager used to come
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and tell them
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“carry me to Voinjama.”
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So they would pass
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by the bush road.
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At that time they
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didn't have flashlights.
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They would use the bush light,
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they would cut bamboo
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and light it
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to use that one as a light.
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To get to Bunwen would take 8 hours
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From Zigida to Bunwen is eight hours.
