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Can Afrika Speak One Language w/ Prof. Kwesi Prah

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Director of Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society
Author of Between Distinction and Extinction: Harmonisation and Standardisation of African Languages

A conversation with one of the worlds leading Pan-African linguists & founder of the Pan-African Literacy Project - discovering the common roots in African languages in order to chart a course to Africas future development. In this conversation, we will explore the relationship between Language & political, economic & scientific development. We will asses whether the many languages in Africa are an asset or hinderance. We will look at what it means to harmonise & standardise African Languages.

Exploding Myths: LANGUAGE IN AFRIKA! w/ Prof Kwesi Prah!

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27 Views · 4 years ago

What is the role of language in Afrikan Liberation?

Full breakdown: https://www.alkebulan.org/2017..../05/20/afrikaspeaksl

1. Is Language really “the Missing Link in African Development”?
2. Why is Afrika characterised as having so many languages?
3. Is a programme instituting Afrikan Languages of Instruction economically viable?
5. Are their other means of propagating this than government agencies?
4. What evidence is there that mother tongue LoI improves knowledge acquisition?
6. Should Afrikans in the Diaspora learn Afrikan language(s)?

Our very special guests:
Bro. Ldr. Mbandaka:Resident guest who is Spiritual Leader of the Alkebu-Lan Revivalist Movement and UNIA-ACL Ambassador for the UK and national co-Chair of the interim National Afrikan People’s Parliament. Bro. Ldr is a veteran activist of over 30 years standing, a featured columnist in The Whirlwind newspaper and author of Mosiah Daily Affirmations and Education: An African-Centred Guide To Excellence.

ProfessorKwesi Kwaa Prah: was the founder and Director of the Africa-wide Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS) based in Cape Town, South Africa. He studied at Leiden University and the University of Amsterdam. He has worked extensively across Africa, Europe and Asia researching and teaching Sociology and Anthropology in various universities. Kwesi Prah is currently mainly involved with work in Anthropological Linguistics, specifically the harmonisation of African orthographic conventions. He has published numerous books since 1973, most recently including Anthropological Prisms (2009), Soundings (2010) and Tracings: Pan Africanism and the Challenges of Global African Unity (2014). Some of these books have been translated into Shona, French, Chinese and Arabic.