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Update on Native Tree Nursery: seedlings are replanted to five schools in Savannah Region
There have been many developments in the Native Tree Nursery Project that we started in April 2020. Peter Donaldson–the Graduate Student from University of Arizona–finished his capstone project in August 2020 having supervised the construction and planting of the nursery in Sawla from afar due to Covid preventing his return. You can see the nursery…
Read MoreWIACT Delegation to Exchange Visits with University of Arizona Linguists
Rashid Iddrisu, WIACT CEO, plans to travel to University of Arizona (UA) in Tucson, USA, with two Sawla residents to receive training in the studios of the Linguistics Department of UA from Professor Wilson de Lima Silva who directs the programs in native language documentation and preservation. The trip will prepare them to host Professors…
Read MoreUniversity of Arizona and WIACT receive funding to begin Gonja and Lobi language documentation
The University of Arizona’s School of Social and Behavioral Sciences/Departments of Linguistics and Human Rights Practice will begin a project of documenting the Gonja and Lobi languages in Ghana’s Savannah Region with an International Grant from UA’s Research/Innovation/Impact fund. Professors Wilson de Lima Silva and Mette Brogden will work with Rashid Iddrisu (Wari) to develop…
Read MoreAt Yagbonwura’s 10th Anniversary Celebration
The 10th Anniversary Celebration of Yagbonwura; Buipewura Chief Jinapor II presiding. Damongo, Savannah Region, Ghana
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BREAKING NEWS FROM SAWLA, August 9, 2020 From Peter Donaldson: “Our trees are growing! Four species of native trees have been planted and three have started to germinate. K’Che (Ankye) and Kachuni (Dawa Dawa ) trees started to germinate on August 4 and 3. Our beloved K’Lara (Baobob) germinated on August 9. They will continue…
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