Laurent Manga has been born and raised in Djibonker. He has worked with Alexander Cobbinah on transcription of Gubëeher texts since 2010 and is currently employed within the Crossroads project as transcriber and translator of audio and video recordings made by the project members using the linguistic software ELAN. Laurent is very interested in the codification and orthography development of Gubëeher and is  also heading a dance troupe.