The problem with some of the smaller language newsletters/newsheets, as you have pointed out, is they are not given prominence. Heck, even the larger language newspapers are barely known outside their respective linguistic communities.
The Hausa language print media(in Nigeria) is/was dominated by a company known as the Gaskiya corporation. They used to publish a newspaper call "Gaskiya fi Tabo" or something like that. The Rivers state government and Edo state government also had some sort of newsheets for some of their own major languages. All other efforts for other lesser known langauges, came about from interested indigenes of the respective linguistic areas. These enthusiasts were probably not trained linguists. I am not fully conversant with these things, and only have a general awareness that they exist. Some have come about from the efforts of African churches, to provide services in their own languages. I hope anyone with info on community newsheets/newsletters in lesser known African langauges will make the ifo available here. ciao --- In [email protected], "Don Osborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It would be great to somehow get a list of such periodicals. I > remember that in Mali for instance there was a government service that > produced a paper in the major national languages (Bambara, > Fulfulde...) every few months. Ironically it's probably some > university libraries in some Northern (Western) countries that have > the best collections from which to compile such a list. > > Then again, some papers stop and others start. An interesting area > that probably is not getting much attention, apart a few major ones. > > Don > > --- In [email protected], "egbaman1" <mildman@> wrote: > > > > My pleasure Don. I would say most of the world's indigenous > > languages aren't high profile enough for the "international > > community"/"globalised world", which seeks to homegenise everyone > > into being westernised linguistically and socio-culturally. > > > > There are Hausa language newspapers(which are even more succesful > > than the Yoruba ones), also Igbo language papers. Even some of the > > smaller Nigerian languages have their own periodical/occasional > > community "newsheets/newsletters" published. > > However, only members of those communities will be aware of the > > titles, frequency of editions etc. > > > > ciao > ... > 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/
