Voicing African Voices

Author

Vincent A. Tanda

Emmanuel N. Chia

Emmanuel N. Chia is a Professor of Linguistics. Formerly at the University of Yaounde, he is now Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Cooperation at the University of Buea, Cameroon.

Language and Linguistics West Africa

The Bafaw Language

by Emmanuel N. Chia, Vincent A. Tanda and Ayu’nwi N. Neba

Bantu A10 The Bafaw Language (Bantu A10) is a product of the language research programme of the Department of Linguistics of the University of…

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