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Professor Nana Aba Appiah. (Sottie STAK – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90181613)

‘So many things’ encumber women, says Ghanaian academic

Women need support to overcome systemic barriers, argues 51-year-old Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, the first female vice-chancellor at the University of Ghana

The embroidered portrait of Banyana Banyana’s forward Thembi
Kgatlana by Cape Town artist Danielle Clough was part of a Nike
campaign sharing stories of powerful women in soccer, and featured
in the DG Murray Trust’s third issue of Human Factor magazine that
explores the concept of identity among youth in South Africa.

E-prime makes speakers take responsibility

Being forced to use the active voice and cutting the verb “to be” from our speech can nudge us towards being more accountable — and clearer

(John McCann/M&G)

AfriKaaps is an act of reclamation

Linguistic activism is central to destigmatising and celebrating AfriKaaps.

More must walk the linguistic talk at universities

Universities that have actively pursued multilingualism have been vindicated.

“No Australian of any faith should be fired for practising their religion,” the 30-year-old said in a statement. (Reuters)

Letters to the editor: January 31 to February 6 2014

Readers comment on immigrants in the Middle East, the DA’s silence and linguistics, and Cope’s Mosiuoa Lekota challenges the ANC on party funding.

Creole: The original language

Françoise Lionnet, an authority on languages and literature in the Indian Ocean islands, about her work on creolisation, globalisation and culture.

On the mysteries of early learning

On the mysteries of early learning

Pilot tests in Gauteng schools have cast new light on mediums of instruction in the foundation phase.

On the cusp of reinvention

On the cusp of reinvention

It is necessary to reach the nation in languages that they understand best.