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Ethiopia submits film in Amharic Running Against the Wind for Oscars 2020
Running Against the Wind, an Ethiopian film in Amharic has been submitted for the Best International Feature Film category for the 92nd Academy Awards to be...
Arts, Culture and Sport7 years ago
SADC to adopt Kiswahili as the fourth official language
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) recently agreed to adopt Kiswahili as the fourth official language. The decision was greeted with interest and it has been...
Arts, Culture and Sport7 years ago
Beijing Foreign Studies University has set up a Zulu department
A Chinese University has set up a Zulu department officially promoting the language as a programme offered at undergraduate level thus strengthening ties between the two...
Arts, Culture and Sport7 years ago
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o awarded 2019 Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize
East African literary icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has been awarded the 2019 Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize for Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in...
Arts, Culture and Sport7 years ago
South Africa signs MoU with Kenya to facilitate the teaching of Kiswahili in its schools
Kenya and South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide a foundation for the introduction of Kiswahili as an elective language in the South...

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Ethiopia submits film in Amharic Running Against the Wind for Oscars 2020

SADC to adopt Kiswahili as the fourth official language

Beijing Foreign Studies University has set up a Zulu department

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o awarded 2019 Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize

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