Progress on the collection of words was negatively impacted by a combination of factors on Tuesday, February 21. The major blow came in the form of news of the death in the family of the one who had been preparing the noon meals for the workshop participants. This individual lived in Ziguinchor, so several of those who had been taking part in the workshop felt it was important for them to travel to Zig to show their support for the family. This, of course, reduced the number of people available to collect words, not to mention gloss and type them. In all fairness, however, I must add that, had the funeral been for someone who lived in Thionck-Essyl, many more people would have felt it necessary to attend, and there would have been no workshop activities at all on Tuesday.
So, while productivity for the day was less than 1,000 words, the cumulative total was increased from 6,724 at the end of Monday's efforts to 7,705 by the end of the workday on Tuesday.
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