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13. November 2024
Translating between African Languages | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 38
This month’s question is: “What potential do you see for translation from one African language to another that you don’t currently see being practiced or realized?”
18. October 2024
Custom Publication | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 37
This month’s question is: “If you had the power to create a publication (of any type, mode, or format) in an African language, what kind of publication would you make, and in what language?”
17. September 2024
Orthographies from Scratch | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 36
This month’s question is: “Let’s pretend that your mother tongue has never been written before and that you’ve been asked to design a system of writing for it. Would you use an existing system? What kind of orthography would you create? Feel free to draw a few characters of your imagined alphabet or some example text for us to show as a visual aid while you speak.”