Lecture) African Societies and Cultures 2009
2009/10/03
A memorandum of the class of African Societies and Cultures.
1st (2 Oct. 11 participants including 4 from Japan)
Language diversity in D. R. Congo
0. Introducing each other.
1. 400 mother tongues, 4 national lanaguages, and 1 offcial language.
2. An example of a multilingual person, Mr. John Kahekwa.
Hometask: Read ”Are you human?” and try to answer to one of the questions
at the end of the article.
Further reading
African Languages
http://africanlanguages.com/
for Congo and South African Languages
African Studies
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/
http://www.h-net.org/gateways/africa/