Read the original blog posts from many of our delegates who presented at the Language and Development Conference, as well as the contributions from other language experts from around the world.
Bernard has been the Managing Director for Big Steps Outreach Network-Cameroon since 2012.
Chris is a freelance international education consultant and a doctoral student in education at Bath University (UK).
Emmanuel Asonye is a researcher and fieldwork linguist, a Speech-Language Pathologist with multiple ongoing community-based research with Nigerian Deaf communities, including the document
Fiona is qualified as a secondary teacher in Scotland but worked in Italy for many years, teaching in schools, including SEN, and then universities.
Friederike Lüpke (Department of the Languages and Cultures of Africa, SOAS, University of London) has a research focus on the Mande and Atlantic languages of West Africa.
Henry is founder and creative director at Henripegasus Group. He is also a writer, entrepreneur and the winner of the 2017 AltPublish Writing Contest in USA.
Ian Cheffy has worked in literacy in Africa for 30 years. After ten years in Cameroon, he returned to the UK where he is now based.
From 2004 to 2012, Harmon’s public advocacy of biliteracy in English/ Mauritian Kreol led to the introduction of Kreol Morisien in all primary schools as from 2012.
Leigh is Director of Programs in International Justice and Society,International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, Brandeis University.
Dr Lina Mukhopadhyay is Associate Professor at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India.
Lori Thicke is a language activist who is passionate about language and technology for global access to knowledge.
Muhammad has been working on language development since 1992 and with the Foreign Language Institute since 2004, as a trainer, researcher, advocate, and mobilisation person for marginalis
Natalie Tarr is a PhD researcher and lecturer at the Center for African Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland.
Peter is a linguist and a communication specialist and lecturer whose research interests are in forensic linguistics, and ecolinguistics.
Philip's research investigates the impact of language policy on education and languages and cultures of northern Nigeria’s marginal societies in danger of disappearing.
Kabanda is a PhD Candidate in Governance and Regional Integration at the Pan African University Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Science and the University
