Names in West Africa
| Akan languages (Fante, Twi, Baoule) | Dondo, Odondo |
| Bambara, Bozo, Dyula | Tamanin |
| Dagbani, Gurunsi, More | Lunna or Donno |
| Hausa | Kalangu, Dan karbi, |
| Igbo | |
| Songhai | Doodo |
| Serer, Wolof, Mandinka | Tama or Tamma |
| Yoruba | Dundun, Gangan |
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“Tonight there are only the winter stars.
The sky is no longer a junk-shop,
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