Cody is right (https://lmconversation.wpengine.com/resources/detail/10174) to advocate ‘global partnerships’, when partnerships can be truly partnerships. That I understand, from the basis of the word, where two (or more) people or groups agree to cooperate in some venture in which both contributeRead more…
South to North; language, power, gospel.
That many African people (and those from the global ‘south’ in general) love to use European languages should not surprise us in the slightest. Many do not see the problems with (say) using English in their countries, but rather manyRead more…
Importance of Using Indigenous Languages in Africa
This contains many references to and quotes from the paper: The local language – a neglected resource for sustainable development by Thomas Bearth, 2004, found at: http://www.inst.at/trans/15Nr/06_4/bearth15.htm Introduction, I found this paper by Bearth to be extremely insightfulRead more…