[Lgpolicy-list] [lg policy] English in rural Africa?; Why repost info?; Ebola info in Bambara

[dzo at bisharat.net]

Three recent blog posts may be of interest to some on this list:

1) Speaking English in rural Africa (If you speak English, French, or 
Portuguese in rural Africa, who are you talking to? A brief discussion 
of communication and language in Africa.) 28 September 2014
http://niamey.blogspot.com/2014/09/speaking-english-in-rural-africa.html

2) 2Ds+4Rs: Why repost ebola info in African languages? (A quick review 
of reasons for reposting information about ebola in African languages, 
in their written forms,  summarized as "2Ds+4Rs.") 1 October 2014
http://niamey.blogspot.com/2014/10/2ds4rs-why-repost-ebola-info-in-african.html

3) Ebola factsheet in Bambara (There's no ebola in Mali, but two NGOs 
collaborated on translating this factsheet into Bambara.) 2 October 2014
http://niamey.blogspot.com/2014/10/ebola-factsheet-in-bambara.html

Don Osborn, PhD

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