Wole Soyinka was addressing a conference on the issue of the ‘brain drain’ from African countries. He remarked on how many of the speakers before him had lamented the flight of millions of Africans to the West and how apparently desperate were these speakers, who included African heads of state, to reverse the trend so that the bright young minds and their skills could be retained on the continent. [Pambazuka]
Vortrag von Maisha Eggers im Rahmen des AfricAvenir Dialogforums am 04. Juli 2007 in der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. Dr. Eggers erörtert
die „gläsernen Decken“, an die afrikanische WissenschaftlerInnen in Deutschland im Wissenschaftsbetrieb stoßen, beim Versuch, weiter Karriere zu machen.
Vortrag von Neville Alexander im Rahmen des AfricAvenir Dialogforums am 21. November 2007 in der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. Dr. Alexander erörtert die ungebrochene Prominenz europäischer Sprachen in Bildung und Forschung in Afrika, deren Ursachen und Folgen.
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]
Lecture held by Grada Kilomba in the framework of the AfricAvenir Dialogforum on 09 May 2007 at the Heinrich-Böll- Foundation in Berlin on the topic of “Africans in Academia - Diversity in Adversity”.
Vortrag von Kofi Yakpo anlässlich des AfricAvenir Dialogforums am 19. September 2007 in der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. Welcher Zusammenhang besteht zwischen der Unterdrückung bzw. Befreiung eines Volkes, zwischen seiner “Unterentwicklung” bzw. “Renaissance” und der implementierten Sprachpolitik? Kann eine Afrikanischen Renaissance ohne die Revitalisierung der afrikanischen Sprachen gelingen?
Vortrag von Dr. Michel Foaleng beim AfricAvenir Dialogforum am 09. Mai 2007 in der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung zur aktuellen Situation des Umgangs mit afrikanischen WissenschaftlerInnen in Deutschland.
Paper presented by Abraham Chupe Serote on 03 October 2007 at the Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town. Using two studies both about the experiences and perceptions of black members of faculty on race and racism, in predominantly white academic milieus, the paper demonstrates that ‘race’ is still a significant marker of privilege and despite the rhetoric of equity and redress, black faculty has continued to live in the fringes. [Full Text Article]
By Grada Kilomba. The following article was presented by the author in the framework of the AfricAvenir Dialogforum on 09 May 2007 at the Heinrich-Böll- Foundation in Berlin. Read the rest of this entry »
‘You have not mastered the white people’s foreign tongue? Then you do not have the right to education in your own country, not even at primary school. You have no right to any worthwhile education, however brilliant you are.’ Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III calls on Africans to re-appropriate their own languages or face intellectual genocide. Read the rest of this entry »