African Academy of Languages
The African Academy of Languages (ACALAN; French: Académie Africaine des Langues; Portuguese: Academia Africana de Línguas, or ACALIN) is a Pan-African organization founded in 2001 by Mali's then-president Alpha Oumar Konaré, under the auspices of the African Union, for the harmonization of Africa's many spoken languages. The first head of ACALAN was Mali's former minister of Basic Education Adama Samassekou. As 2006 was declared by the AU as the Year of African Languages, June 21 saw the inauguration of the interim Governing Board of ACALAN in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Since December 2009, Prof. Sozinho Francisco Matsinhe of Mozambique has led ACALAN.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Professor Sozinho Francisco Matsinhe's Profile," ACALAN website (accessed 30 November 2013)
External links
- ACALAN website
- The Year of African Languages (2006) - Plan for the year of African Languages - Executive Summary
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