In Northern Ghana, a gballi is a fence woven from dry grass that encloses and protects a home. For the Dagbanli Dictionary, the Gballi browser is that same fence for the language itself. This post …
In Dagbanli, the word gballi /gbal:i/ describes something familiar to anyone who has spent time in the hinterlands of Northern Ghana. A gballi is a roofing material or a fence, woven tightly from dry elephant grass or guinea corn stalks. It may be used to encircle a compound, a barn on a farm, or even a private washroom. It is a simple but essential structure. It does not dominate the landscape, but it defines it. It creates a boundary that says: what is inside here belongs together, and it is protected.
reminds me of Noren