Department of African Languages and Cultures
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New address
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New address
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Dr Amirbahram Arabahmadi from the University of Teheran
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New research project
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Prof. Xavier Garnier
May, 2007 – Prof. Xavier Garnier, Paris University XIII, presented a lecture on 24th May entitled "Early Novels in African Languages".
more »Prof. Gaël Brunet
May, 2007 – Prof. Gaël Brunet from INALCO (Paris) visited the Department and on 10th May delivered two lectures: 1. "The Beginnings of Cinema in Africa”, and 2. "The Most Important Personages of the African Cinema”.
more »Prof. Rudolf Leger
October, 2007 – Prof. Rudolf Leger from University of Frankfurt delivered four lectures: "The 'Urheimat' of the Proto-Hamitic/Afrasian Speaking Peoples and Their Early Migrations with Specific Reference to the Chadic Speaking Groups", "An Overlook about the Kwami and its Pecularities ('Northern' Bole-Tangale Group)", "Methods of Linguistic Field Research", and "Verbal Classes and Middle Voice - West Chadic and Fulfulde (a Comparative Approach)".
more »Visits Yakubu Magaji
October - November, 2008 – Yakubu Magaji Azare, M.A., from the Department of Nigerian Languages, Bayero University, Kano was attached to the Department and continued his research on „A Morpho-Semantic Study of Hausa Concrete Deverbal Forms”. On 20th October he presented the results of his work during the staff meeting.
more »Visits Dr. Jean de Dieu Karangwa
April, 2009 (Erasmus visit) – Dr. Jean de Dieu Karangwa from INALCO in Paris presented lectures on “Language and Identity in Rwanda” and "The Swahili Language".
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