Saw this item the other day while researching something else (and will
pass it on now lest I misplace the reference!):
Linguist Ben Ohi Elugbe made several recommendations in an article
entitled "National Languages and National Development" in
Samuel O. Asein and Festus A. Adesanoye. 1994. _Language and Polity:
Essays on Language and Society in Africa_. Ibadan: Sam Bookman. :
"My final recommendation is a totally new one which I strongly urge
Government to consider very seriously for immediate implementation.
This is that
(g) Every Nigerian child who goes to the university, or any other
institution of higher learning, to study Linguistics and/or a national
language which is not his and which he does not already speak should
be granted a bursary to support his entire programme of study."
Has this been tried in Nigeria or anywhere else in Africa (or the
world for comparison's sake)? If the expense is too much for
governments, maybe some foundations could step forward - in terms of
development monies allocated to Africa, a tiny percentage oriented to
such a program (perhaps varying on some details) could have immense
benefits for culture, literature, communication, extension, education
(including teacher training), and development in its most
comprehensive sense.
I could be totally wrong on this (don't quote me - this is just an
unresearched impression), but there may be more scholarships for study
of African languages outside of Africa (esp. in North America and West
Europe) than within Africa. Can anyone verify?
Don
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