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Promoting indigenous languages on film

By Akintayo Abodunrin
September 4, 2009 06:09PMT
Africa

The relevance of indigenous languages, an issue that has generated lively
debates among scholars, came to fore again at the third edition of ‘Behind the
Screen', a festival of indigenous African films, held from August 23 to 28,
2009, in Akure, Ondo State.

With ‘The Impact and Survival of Indigenous Languages in Films' as its theme,
the weeklong festival organised by Remdel Optimum Communications, a movie
production and distribution company, provided a forum to examine how making
films in native languages, like writing in local languages, could aid the
propagation and preservation of African culture.

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