Search Results - "African Languages"

NGUGI WA THIONG’O AND THE CHALLENGE OF LINGUISTIC EXTROVERSION IN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY: SOME CRITICAL COMMENTS.

Alternate Title: Нгуги Уа Тьонг'о и предизвикателството на езиковата екстраверсия в африканската философия: някои критични коментари.

Authors: ADESANYA, OREOLUWA IDRIS AWE, SOLOMON KOLAWOLE

Source: Philosophical Alternatives Journal / Filosofski Alternativi. 2026, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p73-89. 17p.

Development of the Swahili Cancer Health Literacy Test for use in the African context.

Authors: Malale, Kija Pienaar, Melanie

Source: African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. 2026, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p1-9. 9p.

LANGUAGES ARE NOT 'DEVELOPED'; THEY DEVELOP: RETHINKING LANGUAGE 'DEVELOPMENT' IN AFRICA.

Authors: Akpome, Aghogho Fawole, Adebola Abosede

Source: EUREKA: Social & Humanities. 2025, Issue 6, p33-43. 11p.

Developing A Dynamic WordNet for Under-Resourced Languages.

Authors: OBARE, STEPHEN ADE-IBIJOLA, ABEJIDE OGADA, KENNEDY

Source: Journal of Information Science & Engineering. Sep2025, Vol. 41 Issue 5, p1263-1288. 26p.

Subjects: African languages, Natural numbers, Age groups, New words, Semantics

Toward the African Linguistic Gaze in theory and practice.

Authors: Afolalu, Lakeya¹ (AUTHOR) lafolalu@uw.edu

Source: Theory Into Practice. Oct2025, p1-23. 23p.

Multilingual lyrics and cultural shifts: A case study of Isixhosa pop music.

Authors: Gobodwana, Anele¹

Source: International Journal of Research in Business & Social Science. Aug2025, Vol. 14 Issue 6, p193-203. 11p.

AI Models Lacking African Dialects Curb Uptake, Mobile Body Says.

Authors: Oganga, Ondiro Plessis, Andre-Pierre Du

Source: Bloomberg.com. 10/24/2025, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.

Research Studies on the Role of African Languages for Curriculum Transformation and Decolonisation in Higher Education.

Authors: Msani, Sindisiwe Cynthia Nsele, Sanele

Source: Educational Research for Social Change. Sep2025, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p180-192. 13p.

The Creation of a Pan-Nigerian Typeface: A Postcolonial Episode in the Evolution of Nigerian Languages.

Authors: Hurlbut, David Dmitri dhurlbut@bu.edu

Source: International Journal of African Historical Studies. 2023, Vol. 56 Issue 2, p243-250. 8p.

Automatic Diacritization Models for a High-Population Low-Resource African Language (Yorùbá).

Authors: Ayoola, Joshua I. Olukanmi, Peter O.

Source: Applied Sciences (2076-3417); Jun2026, Vol. 16 Issue 12, p6195, 21p

Re-Imagining Knowledge Canons in South African Education: An Inquest into Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual Education

Authors: Bonginkosi H. Mutongoza Sive Makeleni

Source: Intercultural Communication Education. 2026 9(1).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 13

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Education, Native Language, African Languages, Decolonization, Racism, Educational Change, Language Role

Geographic Terms: South Africa

Language of Assessment Matters: Early Learning Outcomes When Preschool Children Are Tested in isiXhosa Mother Tongue vs in English: The Language of Learning and Teaching

Authors: Andrew Dawes Linda Biersteker Colin Tredoux

Source: South African Journal of Childhood Education. 2026 16(1).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 7

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Language Usage, Tests, Native Language, African Languages, English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Outcome Measures, Testing

Geographic Terms: South Africa

An Integrated Approach to isiXhosa Literacy Teaching and Learning in the Foundation Phase: Current Practices and Prospects

Authors: Thembisa Kosi Vuyokazi Nomlomo

Source: South African Journal of Childhood Education. 2026 16(1).

Peer Reviewed: Y

Page Count: 11

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Literacy Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Teaching Methods, Student Centered Learning, Thinking Skills, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Textbooks

Geographic Terms: South Africa (Cape Town)

THE LANGUAGE OF PEACE.

Authors: Lewis, Karen K. (AUTHOR)

Source: Faces. Oct2023, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p30-32. 3p. 5 Color Photographs.

HIGH FIVE.

Source: Faces. Oct2023, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p2-3. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.

Accelerating African Languages Development through Strategic Improvement of Publishing Landscape: Lessons from Luganda Language Realities.

Authors: Masagazi, Masaazi Fred Masembe, Edward Nanfuka, Margarete et al.

Source: East African Journal of Arts & Social Sciences. 2025, Vol. 8 Issue 2, p175-187. 13p.

Navigating the global-local nexus in Indigenous African language television.

Authors: Yin, FengYi¹ fengyi.yin@temple.edu

Source: Critical Studies in Media Communication. Jun2026, Vol. 43 Issue 2, p140-156. 17p.

Subject Terms: *Mass media, African languages, Economics, Television

Geographic Terms: China

Enhancing academic writing in higher education: the role of African languages in decolonising academic literacy courses.

Authors: Muyunda, Rhodes Makalela, Leketi

Source: Southern African Linguistics & Applied Language Studies. Jun2026, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p442-461. 20p.

African Languages, Literatures, and Postcolonial Modernity

Authors: Samba Camara, Editor Mohamed Mwamzandi, Editor

Resource Type: eBook.

Subjects: African languages--Social aspects

Categories: LANGUAGE STUDY / African Languages, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General

ALASA Conference: African languages beyond expansion and preservation in the digital age.

Authors: Ntombela, Berrington¹ Berrington.Ntombela@ul.ac.za

Source: Educational Research for Social Change. Sep2025, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p318-320. 3p.