My pleasure Don. I would say most of the world's indigenous languages aren't high profile enough for the "international community"/"globalised world", which seeks to homegenise everyone into being westernised linguistically and socio-culturally.
There are Hausa language newspapers(which are even more succesful than the Yoruba ones), also Igbo language papers. Even some of the smaller Nigerian languages have their own periodical/occasional community "newsheets/newsletters" published. However, only members of those communities will be aware of the titles, frequency of editions etc. ciao --- In AfricanLanguages@yahoogroups.com, "Don Osborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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" <mildman@> 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/
