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Thank you Lawrence, for keeping us informed on this matter. I am
glad to hear that Prof. Owolabi’s paper has been published. It is helpful
to keep communications going on such issues. Language modernization and revitalization seem to be related to
the larger area of language planning and policy. Language planning as a
discipline (or sub-discipline) is said to be “resurgent” worldwide
and is something that seems to be much needed in Africa. A greater amount of
informed and positive action would seem to be necessary. Language planning and related issues have been brought up (and
discussed a little) on this list from time to time. I thought it might be
helpful to offer a list of some of the messages that have mentioned aspects of
language planning and policy in Africa: 63 Publishing in African Languages 154 Buwa: African Languages & Literatures into the 21st
Century 168 "Bilingualism, language policies & educational
strategies in Africa" 185 Fwd: S. African languages promoted through technology 209 Fwd: Minority Languages Face Extinction (fwd) 210 Fwd: South African languages boosted (fwd) 220 Review: "Globalisation & African Languages" 236 Colloquium on West African languages, Ouagadougou 265, 267 Language Planning & Policy in Africa, Vol. 1 348 Subregional colloquium on national language policies (West
Afr.) 355 Linguapax Award 2005 to Maurice Tadadjeu 384-5, 387-8, 392, 394 "...well thought out language
policy has been neglected..." 439 "Is the African Tower of Babel a Blessing Or a
Curse?" 444 Internat'l Conf. on Language, Literature & Education
(Yaoundé, Cameroon) 448 Talks Continue On Language Policy to Promote Indigenous
Languages (S. Africa) 473 "Vitality of Cameroonian Laguages in Contact with
French" (diss.) 474 "Language Decline & Death in Africa" (review)
489 "Experts Worried As 16 Local Languages Are About to
Vanish" (Kenya) 494 "Give Kiswahili same priority as English in national
fora" 503 Critical look at Ghana's English-only language in education
policy 507 Language planning choices for Africa (excerpts from an
article) 522-3, 525 "... many ethnic groups continue to use their
own language" 536-8 20th Conference of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria 540 British & French policies towards African languages 537 Re: 20th Conference of the Linguistic Association of
Nigeria 584 "Universities accused of killing African
languages" (Kenya) 598 "Eternally Trapped?" (comment from Namibia on
official languages in Africa) 600 "Language Policy Will Promote Sectarianism"
(Uganda) 601 "Medium of Instruction Policies" (excerpts from a
book review) 604 "Kiswahili Comes of Age as Tongue for
Decolonisation" (Kenya) 622 Ugandan Pres. Museveni on the "3-language policy"
630 African govt's "wish ... small languages [to]
die" ? Africa’s situation with regard to language diversity,
multilingualism, and language policy & planning is in some ways unique but
in many other ways comparable to what societies and countries in other regions
are dealing with. So I certainly don’t mean to imply that only in Africa is
there need for more positive attention to this nexus of issues. After all, in
one of the messages on this list (#209), there is this quote: "Issues of
linguistic diversity and the need for language planning are peripheral in
America and almost non-existent in Europe.” Nevertheless, most seem to
agree that there is much to do in Africa, and that there is probably a lot of
learning and strategies on this matter that can be shared. BTW, a recent title may be of interest: “Language Planning
and Education” (announcement at http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=18634or
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MINEL/message/402 All the best. Don Osborn Bisharat.net From:
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