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Members of the department of Linguistics and languages at the 4th African Pragmatics conference held at the University of Dschang Cameroon on 25th and 26th February 2026
4th African Pragmatics Conference , Cameroon
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - 12:53

Members of theDepartment of Linguistics and Languages at the 4th African Pragmatics Conference held at the University of Dschang Cameroon on 25th and 26th February 2026

The 16th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium (NISA) on Aug. 29, 2023 to Sept. 1, 2023, 4th floor of the University of Nairobi Towers
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - 12:46

The 16th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium (NISA) will be hosted jointly by the University of Nairobi and the University of Cologne from August 29, 2023 to September 1, 2023 on the 4th floor of the University of Nairobi Towers. The theme of this colloquium is “Linguistic, Sociocultural and

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call for papers
CALL FOR PAPERS - WORLD CONGRESS OF AFRICAN LINGUISTICS 11 - NAIROBI
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - 09:10

Venue: University of Nairobi Towers, Main Campus, Harry Thuku Road, Nairobi, Kenya 

Team Integrity swearing in group photo
Team Integrity, the new Faculty leaders
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - 16:22

The University of Nairobi held its Faculty and Campus Students Association (FCSA) annual elections. The elections were held virtually on Friday March 25th, 2022.

There were three teams competing for FCSA office in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences FOASS; Team Success, Team Okuz and

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The Department of Linguistics is engaged in several projects, both from members of the faculty as well as from the students body.

Projects from members of the faculty:

On-gong Research Projects:

1. Okiek Language Documentation Project

https://www.elararchive.org/dk0412/ (almost complete)

2. School Based Teacher Support System (SBTSS) is under the Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project (SEQIP). It is meant to support Science, Mathematics and English (SME) teachers in both primary and secondary schools in some counties.

Some Members of the research Team: Prof. W. Akala, Prof. J. Oduor, Dr. Alex Wanjala and Dr. Obosi.

https://www.facebook.com/UON-English-School-Based-Teacher-Support-System-SBTSS-104189034442523/

Projects from Post-Graduate Students:

 

 

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