Hi Michael

Here are a couple of suggestions:

- Sibusiso Biyela - a science journalist who is developing vocabulary to write about physics in isiZulu - Pamela Maseko - a sociolinguist at UWC who, among many other things, has translated the work of 19th century isiXhosa speaking intellectuals - Célestin Monga, chief economist at the African Development Bank, who pioneered the publication of the ADB's 2019 economic outlook https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/african-development-bank-releases-highlights-of-2019-african-economic-outlook-in-7-african-languages-19088/ report in Amharic, Arabic, Hausa, Kiswahili, Pidgin English, Yoruba and isiZulu. - The Peace and Development Research Centre in Puntland, Somalia. They've been around for 20 years, and can probably tell you more about the amazing success of Somalia in getting Somali to be the language of instruction for basic and higher education.

I think it would be particularly great to get KhoiSan language activists. Will ask around and see if I can find some for you.

Warmly, Nimi

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 7:31 PM Michael Graaf graaf.michael@gmail.com wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Michael Graaf* graaf.michael@gmail.com Date: Friday, April 26, 2019 Subject: African linguistic diversity online campaign To: Wikimedia South Africa Administration Team < wikimedia-za-board@lists.wikimedia.org>

Hi all,

this person was supposed to attend Wikimania '18 but was prevented by a family emergency. Besides the activities he links to, I also know his name in the context of the worldwide community telecoms network movement.

I'm forwarding this as a suggested agenda item for the next meeting.

Best, M.

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Eddie Avila* eddie@globalvoices.org Date: Friday, April 26, 2019 Subject: African linguistic diversity online campaign To: Michael Graaf graaf.michael@gmail.com

Hi Michael - how are you? I wanted to share a new social media campaign we’re co-organizing:

https://rising.globalvoices.org/blog/2019/03/18/celebrating- african-linguistic-diversity-online-through-a-rotating-twitter-account/

Here is the campaign page:

https://rising.globalvoices.org/campaigns/twitter-digiafricanlang-2019/

I was reaching out to you for suggestions on African language activists/advocates that might want to host for a week. We’re especially looking for participants from Southern Africa if you have some thoughts.

We already have had some great participation from Ursula from Ghana who shared her work on Wikipedia in Twi (https://rising.globalvoices.o rg/blog/2019/04/09/meet-ursula-zage-the-host-of-the-digiafri canlang-twitter-account-for-april-10-16/). But it’s not exclusively Wikipedia, but promoting the use of African language on any digital platforms through projects or initiatives.

I’d appreciate any suggestions or leads.

Thanks so much,

Eddie

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