Peter Pluddemann, Daryl Braam, Peter Broeder, Guus Extra and Michelle October focus on language policy in schools in relation to language vitality indicators such as language repertoire, choice, proficiency, dominance and preference.
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This work by Dr. Neville Alexander deals with the social, political and economic implications of the intellectualisation of indigenous African languages and suggests a long-term, large-scale and systematic strategy for effecting this core aspect of the revitalisation of Africa. PRAESA Occasional Papers No. 13. [Full Text Article, pdf, 195 Kb]
Prof. Kum’a Ndumbe III’s article on “Stopping intellectual genocide in African universities” has been published in Catalan in the journal “Cataluna Esperantisto”, No 344, Oktobro-Decembro 2007, pp. 19-23. [Full Text Article]
Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III, a poet and playwright, believes Africa needs a renaissance and is determined to make it happen. Listen to the podcast by Deutsche Welle World, in English. [DW-World]
Kwame Opoku argues for the restitution of stolen cultural and religious objects from Africa. He states: “The African demand for the return of the stolen cultural objects will not disappear for many of these objects are expressions of the deepest feelings of a way of life, an understanding of the universe and religious expressions.” [Full Text Article, pdf]
Paper presented by Dr. Neville Alexander at the South African Embassy in Berlin on the 20th November 2007. One of the main points of his presentation was: How do we assist in the decolonisation of the mind of the billions of people who are held in thrall by the demonstrable “superiority” of the global languages as propagated and prioritised by their own ruling groups and strata? [Full Text Article, pdf]
Listen to a lecture by Martin Bernal on “Black Athena” delivered at the University of Witwatersrand, 7 June 2006, hosted by the Constitution of Public Intellectual Life Research Project in association with the University of the Witwatersrand. Read the rest of this entry »
By Paul Tiyambe Zeleza. Speech given at the Launch of Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, September 21, 2007. Ghana holds a special place in our collective Pan-African imagination. [Full Article]
Article by Francis B. Nyamnjoh. The idea of writing a paper on Barbie democracy came to me from reflections on the idea of ‘The Market’ and the sort of socio-political institutions this model has tended to inspire. [Zeleza.com]
Existe-t-il un lien entre la langue, le statut d’esclavage, de dépendance ou de liberté d’un peuple et sa capacité de développement? Le Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III s’en explique dans cet article et présente en même temps les méthodes d’approche que la fondation AfricAvenir a essayé de mettre en application. Read the rest of this entry »