African Studies Memo
Volume 27, 2000
EVENTS
Thursday, July 6. African Film (Congo/Belgium) 4070 Vilas Hall, 7 pm
Pièces d'Identités, 1998, 94 min., 35 mm., Dir. Mweze Ngagura
Friday, July 7. Summer Sandwich Seminar. 206 Ingraham Hall, 1 pm
Chang'aa Mweti, University of Wisconsin-Madison, will speak on "The Power
of Storytelling in Education: Six Educational Concepts Embraced through
Storytelling"
Saturday, July 8. Cancellation of Folklore Village African Drumming event.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Second International Conference on Language Teacher Education. May 17-19, 2001
Radisson-Metrodome Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University
of Minnesota and conference planning committee members are seeking
proposals for papers and symposia on all aspects of the education and
professional development of language teachers for the second International
Conference on Language Teacher Education to be held May 17-19, 2001 in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Papers and symposia may report on data-based
research, theoretical and conceptual analyses, or best practices in
language teacher education. The deadline for submission of proposals for
papers and symposia is October 31, 2000. Submission guidelines are
available on the CARLA website at:
http://carla.acad.umn.edu/conference2001/CALLFORPAPERS.html
For further information, email the conference planning committee at:
[log in to unmask] Phone: (612) 624-6022, 626-8600.,FAX: (612) 624-7514
E-mail: [log in to unmask] <http://carla.acad.umn.edu>
OTHER
Translators sought in the following African languages: Algeria: Kabyle and
Shluh.
West Africa: Dyerma (SW Niger),Efik (SE Nigeria), Ibo, Kalenjin (Liberia),
Kanuri (NE Nigeria),Malinka (West Africa),Mende (Sierra Leone), More (main
language of Burkino Faso), Temne (Sierra Leone),Yoruba (major language of
Nigeria); Central Africa: Fang (Central Africa),Kingwana (Zaire), Kituba
(Congo),Kongo (Zaire, south Congo), Mongo (central Zaire)Luba (Zaire),
Ngala (Zaire),Ngulu (Central Africa),Sango (lingua franca of Central
African Republic), Sara (the most widespread language spoken in Chad).
East Africa: Dinka (N Uganda),Kamba (Kenya),Kikuyu (Kenya),Nyamwezi
(Tanzania),Nyanja or Chinyanja (Malawi/Zambia),Oromo (Kenya),Ruanda
(Rwanda),Rundi (national language of Burundi)
Shona (principal language of Zimbabwe),Sukuma (Tanzania),Tumbuka
(Malawi/Tanzania/Zambia)
Yao (East Africa).
Southern Africa: Bushman (mostly in the Kalahari desert of Namibia, South
Africa),Umbundu (central Angola). Contact Eugene Prussakov, Regional
Director, LangBridge.com.
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http://www.LangBridge.com. Phone: (373 2) 292-538 +1;Fax: (373 2) 226-783
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For further information about Volume 27 Memo, contact Eileen McNamara,
262-4461 or email: [log in to unmask] Website:
<polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/afrst/asphome.html>
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