Thanks for this info and the pointers. There was an article on one of the Alaroye reporters posted here in late December (message #461) - quite an interesting perspective.
There was also a posting mentioning an award-winning Setswana language newspaper in Botswana, Mokgosi, in Sept. 2004 (#222). Actually it was a speech by its editor. There must be others, but not much in the news I've seen. In reality, though, the activity of indigenous language newspapers would not be much news in many other places in the world (I've read some time ago that there were 27,000 newspapers of all sorts in India, and you can bet they're mostly in Indian languages, but no one makes a big deal about it). In Africa at the moment, however, it is news, so if anyone has more info on African language press - especially daily or weekly papers - let us know. DZO --- In AfricanLanguages@yahoogroups.com, "egbaman1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This reminds me of the Yoruba language Newspaper "Alaroye", which > will soon be celebrating it's tenth anniversary of publication. > Although there have been Yoruba language newspapers since the early > 1800s, Alaroye seems to be the most succesful to date. > Here are a few links that contain some Alaroye-related information > for anyone interested: > > http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/mediapeople/2005/dec/2 > 8/mediapple-28-12-2005-001.htm > http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/showtime/2004/sept/03/ > showtime-september-03-006.htm > http://www.alaroye.com/home.html > > ciao > > > > --- In AfricanLanguages@yahoogroups.com, "Don Osborn" <dzo@> > wrote: > > > > The following item was seen at > > http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/90/9244.html (thanks to a > > Google alert)... DZO > > > > > > Isolezwe records phenomenal growth > > Issued by: The Inc > > ... Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
