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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Catching up from an extended summer of transition. Hope to be back on track soon...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here are three recent blog posts on Beyond Niamey that may be of interest to some on this list:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1) African Border Day & cross-border languages (African Border Day - yes it's an observance - and the Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation don't mention cross-border languages) 7 June 2017 https://niamey.blogspot.com/2017/06/african-border-day-cross-border.html <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2) Digitizing books in Nigerian languages (a note on the Norway-Nigeria collaboration on digitizing books in major Nigerian languages) 9 June 2017 https://niamey.blogspot.com/2017/06/digitizing-books-in-nigerian-languages.html<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3) Polio information in Hausa (a few examples of posters and videos) 29 August 2017 https://niamey.blogspot.com/2017/08/polio-information-in-hausa.html<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Don Osborn<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>