David Ker in Africa
I have worked in Mozambique in the areas of Bible translation, linguistic description, materials development and electronic publishing.
I'm currently writing a Masters dissertation in Linguistics at the University of Cape Town. My thesis is "Writing practices in a bilingual Mozambican primary school."
I'm a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators USA serving with SIL Mozambique. The information contained on this blog is my own and doesn't necessarily reflect the position or policies of any of the organizations with which I am affiliated.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
African writers writing in African languages
I stumbled upon a very interesting article by Nigerian author, Wale Okediran, on some of the contradictions involved in African writing. In Bashir Tofa and his eight books, Tofa published his books in Hausa, but they failed to make much … Continue reading
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Feriados em Moçambique (Holidays in Mozambique)
Mozambique has an impressive list of “feriados”–holidays that sometimes pop up unexpectedly if you’re an expat living or visiting there. I’m making a note of these here because I’ll be traveling quite a bit to Mozambique this year and don’t … Continue reading
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Golf clubs and literacy levels
It’s pretty common to read stories on the news about “25% of kids don’t have a single book in their house” or something similar. The implication is that kids don’t have books, therefore kids don’t read, therefore the world is … Continue reading
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LACE: Language and Culture Exploration
I wrote several posts recently about language and culture exploration. They are available on my Lingamish blog: Find a local Elmer Language Acquisition For Humans GLUE: The language learning technique you really need The best language learning activities (and some … Continue reading
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