Voicing African Voices

Author

Ngessimo M. Mutaka

Ngessimo Mathe Mutaka is a full professor of linguistics at the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon. He is the author of an Introduction to African Linguistics and other books in linguistics, on AIDS prevention, and of more than forty papers published in recognised journals.

Curricula Education and Teaching Educational Reform Literacy Teaching Methods

Building Capacity

by Ngessimo M. Mutaka

Using TEFL and African Languages as Development-oriented Literacy Tools Building Capacity promotes the vision that the teaching of African languages can best achieve its…

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