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...highlight of Harvard’s African Studies program is its African Language program, which is under the direction of John M. Mugane. Eight languages—Bamana, Hausa, Igbo, Kikongo, Malagasi, Twi, Xhosa and Yoruba—now join Swahili in the collection of African languages Harvard offers...
...program’s success is already apparent. To date, 12 students have requested an opportunity to take Igbo at Harvard, in addition to eight who want to study Twi and five who plan to take Zulu...
This program should also provide some consolation to students who had planned to take advantage of the offering of Igbo at Boston University. That program, which had previously been available to Harvard students, has regretably lost federal funding. Harvard has correctly prioritized the study of Africa as a necessity independent of federal funding, and the language program strengthens that commitment...
This year student demand for African languages remains strong. Twelve students have expressed interest in taking Igbo, eight in Twi and five in Zulu, according to Akyeampong...
...long list of other languages, including Igbo, Kikuya, Twi, Wolof, Yoruba, Ethiopic and Banama, will be taught by native language speakers in the Boston area through the tutorial program...