AFRICAN LANGUAGE EXPERT DIRECTORY

by Gretchen Walsh

(Nov. 2000)

 

The following people have graciously volunteered to provide language expertise for librarians cataloging materials in African languages. All information has been provided by the volunteers themselves and the ALC cannot guarantee its accuracy.  Please note that some telephone numbers may or may not include country codes.  The directory will be updated as time permits. Anyone wishing to be added to or removed from the directory should contact Gretchen Walsh, Boston University, African Studies Library at gwalsh@acs.bu.edu.

 

 

NAME: Andeso Okinda

POSITION:

INSTITUTION:

MAILING ADDRESS:

P.O. Box 67714

Nairobi

PHYSICAL ADDRESS:

Visions Place

3rd Floor - Rm #7

Mumias Road South

Nairobi, Kenya

TELEPHONE: 254 2 228057 (office) or 254 2 782625 (house)

FAX: 254 2 246708

EMAIL: aerc@form-net.com

LANGUAGES:   Luyia (also known as Oluluyia, Kiluhia and Luhya) ; Dholuo (also known as Luo) ; Kiswahili (also known as Swahili)

 

 

 

 

NAME: Aletta Shatona

POSITION: Senior Information Officer

INSTITUTION: Bank of Namibia, Library & Documentation Centre

MAILING ADDRESS:

P O Box 2882

Windhoek

Namibia

TELEPHONE: 283 5084

FAX: 283 5067

EMAIL: aletta.shatona@bon.com.na

LANGUAGES:  Oshiwambo languages, such as Oshikwanyama and Oshindonga which are spoken in Namibia.

 

 

 

NAME:  Badara Diakhate

POSITION: Senior Editor

INSTITUTION: Monographic Acquisitions and Rapid Cataloging Dept.,

Northwestern University Library

MALING ADDRESS:

1935 Sheridan Rd.

Evanston, IL. 60208-2300

U.S.A.

TELEPHONE: 847-491-7582

FAX: 847-491-8306

EMAIL: b-diakhate@nwu.edu

LANGUAGES: : Wolof, Serere, Fulani

 

 

 

 

NAME: Clara Mueller

POSITION:

INSTITUTION:

MAILING ADDRESS:

Postfach 123

5103 Wildegg

Switzerland

TELEPHONE: 41 62-8932906

FAX: 41 62-8932907

EMAIL: sargro@bluewind

LANGUAGES:  Afrikaans

 

 

 

 

NAME: David Adu-Amankwah

POSITION: AI (Twi)

INSTITUTION:  Indiana University

MAILING ADDRESS:

African Studies Program

221 Woodburn Hall

Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

47405

TELEPHONE: 812-331-9038 or 812-855-6825

FAX: 812-855-6734

EMAIL: daduaman@indiana.edu

LANGUAGES:  Native speaker of Twi (Akan).

 

 

 

 

NAME: Edwin Nkareng QOBOSE

POSITION:  Senior Librarian (Subject librarian among others - African Languages and Literature)

INSTITUTION:  University of Botswana Library

MAILING ADDRESS:

University of Botswana Library

Private Bag 00390

Gaborone

Botswana  

TELEPHONE: (267) 3552310

FAX: (267) 357291

EMAIL: QOBOSE@noka.ub.bw

LANGUAGES:  Sesotho (mother tongue, very fluent) ; Setswana (Studied at University level fluent) ; Zulu (basic reading knowledge)

 

 

 

 

NAME: G. Tucker Childs           

POSITION: Associate Professor

INSTITUTION:   Portland State University

MAILING ADDRESS: Portland , OR  97201

TELEPHONE:

FAX:

EMAIL: childst@pdx.edu/childst@aol.com

LANGUAGES: general questions about Atlantic Group of Niger-Congo or African pidgins and creoles (and urban varieties)

 

 

 

 

NAME: Gene Gragg

POSITION: Professor, Director, Oriental Institute

INSTITUTION:  University of Chicago

MAILING ADDRESS:

1155 E. 58th St.

Chicago, IL

60637

TELEPHONE: 773-702-9514

FAX: 773-702-9853

EMAIL: g-gragg@uchicago.edu

LANGUAGES:  Oromo, Cushitic languages

 

 

 

 

NAME:  Jeanine Ntihirageza

POSITION: Graduate Student (ABD),

INSTITUTION: University of Chicago

MAILING ADDRESS:

1369 E. Hyde Park Blvd 1004

Chicago, IL 60615

TELEPHONE: (773) 493-9883

FAX: (773) 493-9883

EMAIL:  jntihira@midway.uchicago.edu

LANGUAGES:   Kirundi (Native Proficiency) ; Kiswahili (Passive Knowledge)

 

 

 

 

NAME: Judith M. Mmari

POSITION:  Language instructor and coordinator of less commonly taught languages

INSTITUTION:  University of Oregon

MAILING ADDRESS:

2133 W. 16th Court

Eugene, OR

97402

TELEPHONE: 541-346-1543 (W)

FAX:

EMAIL: jmmari@gladstone.uoregon.edu

LANGUAGES:  Swahili

 

 

 

 

NAME: K. Lukonga

POSITION: Assistant librarian

INSTITUTION: University of Zambia Library

MAILING ADDRESS:

University of Zambia Library

P.O. Box 32379

Lusaka

Zambia

TELEPHONE:

FAX:

EMAIL: klukonga@library.unza.zm

LANGUAGES:  Lozi

 

 

 

 

NAME:  Kavevangua Kahengua

POSITION:  Senior Library Assistant

INSTITUTION: Polytechnic of Namibia.

MAILING ADDRESS:

P.O. Box 5519

Auspannplatz

Windhoek

Namibia    

TELEPHONE:  0064-61-2072041

FAX: 00264-61-2072120

EMAIL:  kaveva@polytechnic.edu.na

LANGUAGES:  Herero.

 

 

 

 

NAME:  Magdalena Marenga

POSITION:  Chief librairan

INSTITUTION: Polytechnic of Namibia Library

MAILING ADDRESS:

Private Bag 13388

Windhoek

Namibia    

TELEPHONE:  264-61-207-2092/2205

FAX: 264-61-207-2120

EMAIL: marenga@polytechnic.edu.na

LANGUAGES:  Otji Herero/Hereo (Namibian language).

 

 

 

 

NAME: Mayega Stephen

POSITION: Library Assistant

INSTITUTION: Makerere University Main Library,

MAILING ADDRESS:

Po.Box 12072

Kampala-Uganda

East-Africa

TELEPHONE: 256-41-531041

FAX:

EMAIL: mayegas@hotmail.com

LANGUAGES: Luganda and also can try Swahili

 

 

 

 

NAME: Michael Arthur Maumbe

POSITION: Systems Librarian as well as Subject/ Faculty Librarian for Architecture

INSTITUTION:

MAILING ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE:

FAX:

EMAIL: mmaumbe82@hotmail.com

LANGUAGES: Fluent in Shona and Ndebele

 

 

 

 

NAME:  Michael J. C. Echeruo

POSITION:  William Safire Prof. of Modern Letters

INSTITUTION: Syracuse University

MAILING ADDRESS:

Dept. Of English

401 HL

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY  13244    

TELEPHONE:  315-443-9477

FAX: 315-443-3660

EMAIL: mecheruo@syr.edu

LANGUAGES:  Igbo.

 

 

 

 

NAME: Michael Meeuwis

POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow

INSTITUTION:  Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders (Belgium)

MAILING ADDRESS:

University of Antwerp

Dept. of Linguistics and Literature (GER)

Universiteitsplein1

B-2610 Wilrijk

Belgium

TELEPHONE: +32 2 820 27 67

FAX: +32 3 820 27 62

EMAIL: meeuwis@uia.ua.ac.be

LANGUAGES:  Lingala

 

 

 

 

NAME:   Moloko Sepota

POSITION:   Lecturer, Dept. of Northern Sotho

INSTITUTION: University of the North

MALING ADDRESS:

P O Box 1740

Pietersburg

0700

South Africa

TELEPHONE: + 27 15 268 3109   (W)   + 27  15  292 2260 (H)

FAX: + 27 15 268 2290

EMAIL: molokos@unin.unorth.ac.za

LANGUAGES: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)

 

 

 

 

NAME:   Nahas A. Angula

POSITION:   Educationalist

INSTITUTION: Ministry of Higher Education

MALING ADDRESS:

P/ Bag 13391

Windhoek

Namibia

FAX: 264-61-2706307

EMAIL: nangula@mec.gov.na

LANGUAGES: Oshiwambo, Ndongo dialect

 

 

 

 

NAME: Ngom Fallou

POSITION: Ph.D. student and Wolof instructor

INSTITUTION: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

MAILING ADDRESS:

906 ˝ S. Vine

Apt. 104

Urbana, IL  61801

TELEPHONE: 217-365-9383

FAX: 217-333-3466

EMAIL: ngom@uiuc.edu

LANGUAGES:  Wolof ; Mandinka (Mandingo, Mandingue, Mandinkakay) ; Pulaar ; Pulo Futa ; Fulokunda

 

 

 

 

NAME: Nick Holt

POSITION: Student

INSTITUTION:

MAILING ADDRESS:

514 E. Johnson

Madison, WI

TELEPHONE: 608-250-3240

FAX:

EMAIL: nmholt@students.wisc.edu

LANGUAGES:  Classical and Moroccan Arabic

 

 

 

 

NAME: Nomvula Nhlabati

POSITION:  Cataloger/Indexer

INSTITUTION: UNISA Library

MAILING ADDRESS:

Arts & Indexing Team

Technical Services

UNISA Library

P O Box 392

Pretoria

0003

South Africa

TELEPHONE:  +27 12 429 2543  Cell no: 083 342 9926

FAX: + 27 12 429 2925

EMAIL: nhlabnd@alpha.unisa.ac.za

LANGUAGES:  isiZulu ; can also read and write seSotho

 

 

 

 

NAME:  Papa Seydina A. Ndiaye

POSITION:  Student

INSTITUTION: Universite Cheikh Anta Diop

MAILING ADDRESS:

Point E

Villa 4

Impasse Face Rue 7

Dakar

Senegal    

TELEPHONE:  221-826-10-89

FAX:

EMAIL: papes@ucad.cn

LANGUAGES:  Wolof.

 

 

 

 

NAME: Pete M. Mhunzi

POSITION: Associate Prof. Of History

INSTITUTION: Pasadena City College

MAILING ADDRESS:

1570 E. Colorado Bl.

Pasadena, CA  91106

TELEPHONE: 626-585-1236

FAX: 626-795-2630

EMAIL: PMMhunzi@PACCD.cc.ca.us

LANGUAGES:   Kiswahili, may be some help with KiKuyu and KiKamba

 

 

 

 

NAME:  Pilate Chewe

POSITION:  Assistant librairan

INSTITUTION: University of Zambia, Library Dept.

MAILING ADDRESS:

Library Department

University of Zambia

P.O. Box  32379

Lusaka, Zambia    

TELEPHONE:

FAX:

EMAIL: PChewe@library.unza.zm

LANGUAGES:  Bemba and other related languages spoken in Zambia.

 

 

 

 

NAME:  Salikoko S. Mufwene

POSITION:  Prof. of Linguistics

INSTITUTION: University of Chicago.

MAILING ADDRESS:

Dept. of Linguistics

1010 E. 59th St.

Chicago, IL 60637    

TELEPHONE: 773-702-8531

FAX: 773-834-0924

EMAIL: s-mufwene@uchicago.edu

LANGUAGES: Lingala, Kikongo-Kituba, Kiyansi

 

 

 

 

NAME: Sibongile Madolo

POSITION: Cataloger

INSTITUTION: Rhodes University Library:

MAILING ADDRESS:

Rhodes University Library

P O Box 184

Grahamstown

6140

South Africa

TELEPHONE: 046 6038465

FAX: 046 6223487

EMAIL: S.Madolo@ru.ac.za

LANGUAGES: Xhosa (1st language) and some Zulu

 

 

 

 

NAME:  Simon Bockie

POSITION:  Researcher and selector for African government documents

INSTITUTION: UC Berkely

MAILING ADDRESS:

212 Doe Library

University of California

Berkeley, CA  94720

TELEPHONE: 510-643-9348

FAX: 510-643-0315

EMAIL: sbockie@library.berkeley.edu

LANGUAGES:  Kikongo and Lingala.

 

 

 

 

NAME: Werner Hillebrecht

POSITION:

INSTITUTION: National Library of Namibia

MAILING ADDRESS:

P/Bag 13349

Windhoek

Namibia

TELEPHONE: +264-61-2934489

FAX: +264-61-229808

EMAIL: werner@yaotto.natlib.mec.gov.na

LANGUAGES:  Will help with 12 Namibian languages or check the comprehensive web bibliography NAMLIT, which always supplies the language (and sometimes a note on translation of title, or a brief English abstract):  http://yaotto.natlib.mec.gov.na/database.html

 

 

 

 

NAME:  Yunus I. Rubanza

POSITION:  Swahili Instructor (PhD)

INSTITUTION:

MAILING ADDRESS:

662 Mirada Ave.    

Stanford, CA  94305

Or

University of Dar es Salaam

P.O. Box 35158

Dar es Salaam

Tanzania

TELEPHONE: 650-725-1560 (US) or 011-255-51-410316 (TZ)

FAX:

EMAIL:  yrubanza@leland.stanford.edu

LANGUAGES:   Swahili and Haya

 

 

 

 

NAME: South African National Bibliography (SANB)

Contact person: Susan Battison

POSITION: Project Leader, SANB

MAILING ADDRESS:

National Library of South Africa

Pretoria Division

P O Box 397

0001, Pretoria, South Africa

TELEPHONE:  +27 12 321 8931          

FAX: +27 12 325 5984

EMAIL: susan_b@statelib.pwv.gov.za.

LANGUAGES:   Will help with any South African languages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER RESOURCES

 

Webbook of African Language Resources

 

A “work in progress”, this site includes a directory of language experts that can be searched by language or personal name. The directory is self-identifying.  If someone is interested and works on some aspect of a language, she or he is free to submit his name and particulars. The creators of the site expect largely linguists, language teachers, translators, but also historians, librarians, school teachers, and others.  The people in this directory have not volunteered to be a part of the ALC directory, but may be willing to help anyone who contacts them.

http://isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/hiermenu.html

 

[Minor editing by Lauer, 12/01]