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…

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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…

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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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