Public Lecture on African Indigenous Languages May 7, 2009
As a significant part of a broad range of activities being put together by the Centre to further the promotion of interest in our indigenous languages, arts and culture for the benefit of the present and future generations, CBAAC organized and hosted a public lecture on African Indigenous Languages in Abuja on the 7th of May, 2009. the was delivered by Prof. Kwesi Kwaa Prah, Director, Centre for Advanced Studies of African Societies (CASAS), Cape Town, South Africa.
The lecture with the theme: “African Languages, African Development and African Unity” held at Reiz Continental Hotel, Plot 779, Cadestral Zone AO, Central Business District, (Near Kumasi House), Abuja , Nigeria on the 7 th of May, 2009 at 10.00a.m.
The event gave appreciable mileage to the Centre's commitment to championing the cause of Black and African peoples, opened up new vistas on Black and African Arts and Culture issues and underscores the significance of a renewed interrelationship between African and the Diaspora.
It was attended by Senator Bello Jibril Gada, the Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Dr. Goke Adegoroye, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Mr. George Uffot, Director of Culture, Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Prof Nuhu Yaqub, Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja (Chairman of the occasion) among other dignitaries. |
