My journey on researching African languages began with my Master’s thesis work (Barise, 2021) on Somali linguistics––an East African Cushitic language. Currently in my PhD, as I revisit the contentious and age-old question of the language and the nation in Africa, I find myself being inspired by East African writers like Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo (1986) and […]
Dear BILD readers, after nearly two years of living with COVID-19, we had hoped that this holiday season would be one we could all celebrate in older, more accustomed ways, close to family and friends in groups as large as we could wish. Here in Canada, and indeed in most places where this blog reaches, […]
The guest blogger who joins regular BILD member Heather Phipps this week, Stéphanie Pain, tells us that she is “une enseignante et étudiante en Maîtrise à La Cité et à la Faculté d’éducation à l’Université de Regina en Saskatchewan. Je prépare une thèse en études curriculaire sous la direction de Dre Heather Phipps.” Fascinée par […]
The BILD blog is taking a two-week break in which our members will gather their forces for the months ahead, though most other kinds of gathering will remain off limits for many weeks to come. Regular posting begins again on January 10, 2021.
This week’s blog post includes a linked audio file. Just click on the link below if you would like to hear the post read aloud. Scroll down to read the text. Our guest blogger this week, Laura Kirby, is a graduate student pursuing her Master’s of Education (Leadership, Societies, and Language) at Bishop’s University. Her […]
