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Research data: AFRICAN LANGUAGES
2022 The development of African languages as mediums of instruction in higher education: from policy to practice
African languages and speakers were severely disadvantaged under South African colonialism and apartheid due to a "Eurocentric" linguistic w...
Download this report2021 Towards an African linguistic renaissance: a case study of a South African university
The inclusion of African languages as additional languages of learning, teaching and research is seen as a step in the right direction towar...
2019 Indigenisation of education through indigenous African languages in SA: an afro-optimistic perspective
South Africas colonial and apartheid past has been characterised by racial divisions and inequalities perpetrated through a web of policies ...
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