Where the F--- am I?

So today we were learning the local language for my village (there are sixty-five languages other than French in Burkina). We are learning to saluate people. Dje wene is the Leile term for "What's up" or "Ca Va. " It is both a question and a response. We asked what it translated to literally. "Wene" mean with you while "dje" means force. So the greeting in Leile is literally, "Is the force with you?" and the response is "The force is with me." I mean was George Lucas in Peace Corp Burkina before he wrote Star Wars or what? We commented yesterday that Leile resembled Ewok but we didn't know then how right we were.