Thanks for this item. Is Prof. Folorunso the one under whom it became possible to submit dissertations in Yoruba language? Don
--- In AfricanLanguages@yahoogroups.com, "egbaman1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is an article from the Guardian newspaper of Nigeria ,Wednesday > 26th July 2006(yesterday)edition. > It was copied and pasted from Odili.net, here's the url: > http://odili.net/news/source/2006/jul/26/18.html > I believe this may be a dynamic URL, therefore the link/article will > become inaccessible in a few days time. > > ciao > > > > Don canvasses promotion of local languages > By Joseph Eshanokpe > > EXCEPT something is urgently done to promote or invigorate our > indigenous languages, we may lose them in future. This was the > submission of Prof. Olanrewaju Folorunso at the 27th Inaugural > Lecture of the Lagos State University (LASU) recently. > > > Folorunso, who is the first professor of Yoruba Studies, in a > lecture entitled: "The Famished Artist in a Famished Society", took > a cursory look at the use of, specifically, the Yoruba language and > concluded that it has been subjected to various abuses in the past > (and now), even by those who are supposed to know - the > intellectuals. > ... 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/
