Peoples who live close to nature have a rich lore of plants, animals and landscapes embedded in their mother tongues — which may hold vital clues to protecting biodiversity

The Bantu Migration is one of the most important and seminal events in the history of the African continent. But what if this theory of Bantu origins, concocted by a European colonial administrator trying to understand the history of the continent he was colonizing, was entirely off base? What are s...

Bantu is a term which has become one of the most contentious in the study of African history. The name of a language family stretching across much of the southern half of the African continent, the term has been used in many distinct ways. In anthropology, it has often extended beyond mere linguisti...

Guosa wu asusu ikome biawa n’isisi sa Alex G Igbineweka na ardun 1965. O kokpe ya fun ikonojo baba asusu fun Naijeriya nasi Iguma Afrika. Aa Bb Dd Ee Ee Ff Gg Ii Hh Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Yy Zz daya eji eta inan isen isii asaa asato esse goma godaya goeji goeta goinang goisen gois...

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A total of 22,000 words from the Seychellois Creole language now feature in the newly launched monolingual dictionary, the first dictionary of its kind published by the Seychelles Creole Academy (SCA). The dictionary is the culmination of 14 years of work and is described as both a historic and sym...

Ndebe is a modern writing system for Igbo.

"Our memories are fallible. We need a way to keep the word, in a way that it will speak for us, even in our absence"

Fewer than 10 elders speak Yakunte, a language native to Kenya’s Yaaku people that the UN has classified as ‘extinct’.

“There are three books in this world—the European book, the Arabic book, and the Vai book”

Does Kinyarwanda face extinction? Geoffrey Kagame, Inteko Izirikana shares his position on the question. By preserving Kinyarwanda, we preserve our identity, he said. Tune in to the 12th episode of Rwanda Check-I’m for the whole conversation.

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Education stakeholders yet again engaged in a heated debate yesterday over which language (Kiswahili or English) should be used for instruction in schools at a time when collection of views to...

Over 70 years of family recipes are being shared with the world as Arnold Chetty, a businessman turned writer, published his first book containing an array of Seychellois Creole cuisine. The 'Seychelles Creole Cuisine' book has 156 pages and over 60 recipes for its readers.

Over two millennia, Swahili has built bridges among people across Africa and into the diaspora.

The aim of the African Association for Lexicography is the promotion and co-ordination of the research, study and teaching of lexicography by means of the publication of a journal and other appropriate literature, and the organisation of regular conferences and seminars.

The Role of Islam, Ajami writings, and educational reform in Sulemaana Kantè’s N’ko - Volume 63 Issue 3