The Akwasidae Festival is celebrated by the Ashanti people and chiefs in Ashanti. The festival is celebrated on a Sunday, once every six weeks to mark the seasons and the timings for various agricultural activities. Significance: Festival of commemoration of ancestors
The Akwasidae Festival is celebrated by the Ashanti people and chiefs in Ashanti. The festival is celebrated on a Sunday, once every six weeks to mark the seasons and the timings for various agricultural activities. Significance: Festival of commemoration of ancestors
Africa Day is celebrated every year on 25 May. It is an opportunity to celebrate African diversity and success, and to highlight the cultural and economic potential that exists on the African continent.
In the 1950s the United Nations established the Kiswahili language unit of United Nations Radio, and today Kiswahili is the only African language within the Directorate of the Global Communications at the United Nations. The 7th July of each year is proclaimed as World Kiswahili Language Day. Kiswahili is the first African language to be […]
Umuganura also called the National Harvest Day or Thanksgiving Day is the traditional feast celebrating the first harvest of the year, and a platform to assess the harvest and finding ways of increasing harvest for the coming year. To add more, Umuganura is an annual event held on the first Friday of August and it […]
We're excited to invite you to the upcoming ALCA Coopetition Series Webinar featuring renowned expert Dr. Daniel Feser, discussing the intriguing topic - "To Compete or Cooperate."
African Languages Conference (AFLC) is an opportunity to sharpen your language skills and explore new ways to promote African languages. The African Language Conference is also an opportunity to connect with fellow language enthusiasts from around the globe. This conference is not just an event; it's a movement to honor and cherish the wealth of […]
Key note speaker for the event: Dr.Lang Fafa Dampha, Executive Secretary, African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) Moderator: Christiana Eyram Aboagye
Umuhimu wa Kuhifadhi Lugha Zetu Za Kiafrika (The Importance of Preserving Our African Languages) . Presenter name: Nduku Mulumba Session Language: English and Kiswahili Type: Individual presentation (1 hour) Description: This session will focus on the origin of Kiswahili and why the speaker is convinced that this is a language that was created by Afrikans […]
Please translate this into five Namibia languages! Presenter: Timothy Barton Session Language: English Type: Individual presentation (1 hour) Description: Many of the translation requests Timothy Barton has received since moving from Europe to Namibia have been for a single text to be translated into several languages – sometimes languages with only a few thousand speakers. […]
Please translate this into five Namibia languages! Presenter: Timothy Barton Session Language: English Type: Individual presentation (1 hour) Description: Many of the translation requests Timothy Barton has received since moving from Europe to Namibia have been for a single text to be translated into several languages – sometimes languages with only a few thousand speakers. […]
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