Teaching accounting principles using augmented reality and artificial intelligence-generated IsiZulu language translations by Abejide Ade-Ibijola, Aneetha Sukhari, Solomon Sunday Oyelere

“…This study provides a platform for the translation of the accounting curriculum into numerous indigenous African languages.…”
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Cognitive Semantics Against Creole Exceptionalism: A Case Study of Body Part Expressions in Nigerian Pidgin by Kosecki Krzysztof

“…It is argued that the expressions not only involve embodied universal patterns of imaginative reasoning, but also blend the substratum patterns of West African languages with the superstratum influence of colonial lexifiers, especially English. …”
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The State of Multilingual Publishing in South Africa by Jana MÖLLER

“…There are various reasons books are not being published in African languages to any great extent, including historical legacies, few authors and small reading markets.…”
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Misinterpretation of speaker intent in a multilingual workforce by Rita Ribbens

“…What whites interpret as "blunt" requests (often regarded as demands) can be ascribed to different norms of communication in African languages. These findings have implications for successful intercultural communication in an industrial society. …”
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A decolonial reading of the Third Chapter of the Gospel of John in Moffat’s Translation of the Catechism into Setswana (1826) by I.D. Mothoagae

“… The Setswana language is one of the Southern African languages that was “reduced” into a written language through the translation of Christian literature by the London Missionary Society. …”
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Determiner spreading in Rukiga by Asiimwe Allen, Kouneli Maria, van der Wal Jenneke

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On Wale Ogunyemi’s Translation of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart into Yoruba, Ìgbésí Ayé Okonkwo: A ‘within-to-within’ Approach of its Challenges by Gabriel Ayoola

“…The work encourages more translation of African novels written originally in English, French, or Portuguese into African languages. Doing so preserves the languages and cultures, the sustainability which Akinwumi Isola (2010) refers to as Literary Ecosystem. …”
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Pragmatic marker to in Hausa (West Chadic, A.1; Nigeria) by Patryk Zając

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Constructing masculinity through ulwaluko: a scoping literature review by Mlamli Diko

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Ideological objectives underpinning imbizo as a model of communication and governance by Jeffrey Mabelebele

“…The word imbizo has its variants in many African languages in South Africa, e.g. pit o in Sepedi, kgotla in Setswana and Sesotho. …”
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Tongue-tied: Language-based exclusion at a South African university by Sive Makeleni

“…This marked a paradigm shift from the apartheid regime, which was characterised by racial segregation and discrimination, prioritising Afrikaans and English at the expense of indigenous African languages. Although widely celebrated, achieving the multilingual promise ushered in by the democratic dispensation remains a challenge for post-apartheid South African higher education. …”
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A Desktop Review of Linguistic Practices in Higher Education Post #FeesMustFall Protests: An Appraisal of Academy and Multilingual Citizenship by Soyiso Khetoa

“…However, the university has taken steps to promote multilingualism by offering African language courses to first-year students in humanities and engineering programs. …”
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Noun juxtaposition for predication, possession, and conjunction: Beyond ambiguity avoidance by Shogo Mizuno

“…This study points out that their sample is skewed towards African languages, and thus, their findings likely reflect African areal patterns. …”
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Thulaganyo ya seretotumišo (sa Sepedi), pesalema (ya Bibele) le sefela sa kereke (ya Lutere) by Mawatle J. Mojalefa

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Reading Strategies of isiXhosa Home Language in the Foundation Phase in Chris Hani East District, South Africa by Xolelwa Marongo, Pretty Thandiswa Mpiti, Kufakunesu Zano

“…The learners’ poor reading performance is a culmination of a couple of factors because teachers are deficient in subject understanding that is needed to teach initial reading in African languages, including the isiZulu home language, effectively. …”
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The Journey of Adoption and Adaptation: A Reading of The Tight Game, Sola Owonibi’s Translation of Akinwumi Isola’s Ó Le Kú by Gifty Akua Nyarko, Rita Ndonibi

“…Africa’s colonial experience has left its enduring legacy of colonial languages which have been imbibed to the detriment of the usage of indigenous African languages. Accordingly, even in the creation of literary works, the African writer has had to resort to the colonial languages as the medium of expression. …”
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Navigating the Dynamics of Learner Absenteeism in South African Urban Secondary Schools: An In-Depth Management Analysis and Strategic Framework by Richard Moloele, Madikela T. Lekalakala

“…The findings highlight a critical need for earlier literacy interventions, increased investment in Setswana reading resources, efforts to promote positive attitudes towards African languages in education, and strategies to engage parents and communities in supporting Setswana literacy development. …”
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The Role of Mathematics and Science Education in the Adult Offender Rehabilitation Process by Siphelele Mbatha, Halalisani Mngomezulu, Nonhlanhla Nduku, Onelisa Mbathu

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