This year's Linguapax Award - an annual recognition "awarded to linguists, researchers, professors and members of the civil society in acknowledgement of their outstanding work in the field linguistic diversity and/or multilingual education" - was given to Prof. Maurice Tadadjeu of Cameroon. The press release below is from February (sorry - somehow missed the news earlier). DZO
PRESS RELEASE Linguapax Prize goes to the Cameroonian sociolinguist Maurice Tadadjeu Earlier today, on the occasion of the closing session of the Third Forum on Amerindian Languages that was held in Barcelona (Spain) on February 8 and 9, the president of the Linguapax Institute and Director of UNESCOCAT, Agust� Colomines announced the name of the winner of the 2005 Linguapax Prize. This year, the jury of the Linguapax Prize decided to grant the award to the Cameroonian sociolinguist Maurice Tadadjeu who has successfully developed a model of functional trilingual education that now serves as a reference for many African countries. The Linguapax Prize are awarded every year to linguists, researchers, professors or members of the civil society as a tribute to their outstanding work in the field of linguistic diversity and/or multilingual education. Nominations of people having contributed to improve the linguistic situation of a community or country are specially appreciated. For the first time, the prize is granted with 3000 euros. Maurice Tadadjeu was born in 1950 in Cameroon. He mastered in Linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington DC and obtained a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, USA). He has served at the University of Yaounde since September 1977. Professor Tadadjeu specializes in Language Planning and Mother Tongue Education and has been the driving force behind the PROPELCA project which, since 1978, has successfully implemented mother tongue education programs. Maurice Tadadjeu is currently Chairman of the National Association of Cameroon Language Committees (NACALCO) a federation of 77 local language development associations. In 1999 he launched an ambitious project for the basic Standardization of all unwritten African Languages (BASAL). Maurice Tadadjeu has published extensively (mainly in French) on language planning and mother tongue education. At times he serves as consultant to various international institutions such as SIL International, UNESCO and the World Bank. Outside the academic and research world, Professor Tadadjeu has been a very active Panafricanist : he created the first National Club of the African Union Organization in Africa and he has published several books on the African economic and Social-political integration. On May 2001, Professor Tadadjeu was elected as the first Delegate General of the African Civil Society Organization (ACSO) endeavoring to promote a popular participation in the African Union. For further information on Linguapax Awards: http://www.linguapax.org - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/S.QlOD/3MnJAA/Zx0JAA/TpIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
