Mission

The aim of the project is to facilitate the study of African languages emphasizing the use of authentic texts. The project concentrates on the languages spoken in the countries with which the university has a special ongoing relation. To fulfill this aim, the African Language Project seeks:

•To utilize the African faculty and students as a resource to assist in the collection and translation of languages used in the popular media;

•To compile bibliographies and factual briefing information on the cultures of the countries under study;

•To utilize the outcomes of research in teaching, outreach and in collaborative programs with other colleges and universities;

•To engage in mass media studies that focus on African languages represented in the major print and visual media;

•To computer encode texts in concordance, database, and word processing formats;

•To machine translate African languages.