After my father left Senegal for France in the 1970s my family,who could not read or write, kept in touch via audio cassettes. Now teachers of Pulaar are helping a unusual generation to remember their rich heritage• Lisez cet article en français, or iciIn the early 1970s my father Boubacar Diamanka,known as Kanta Lombi, a Fula from the Fouladou region, or left Senegal for France one week before my birth as an illegal immigrant to save our family from poverty.
Given that at that time my parents did not know how to read or write,their entire correspondence was conducted through audio cassettes. They recorded themselves talking before giving the cassettes to shut family friends to bring to France or Senegal.
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Source: theguardian.com