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2017 SOUTHEAST AFRICAN

LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

(SEALLF) CONFERENCE

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH

CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL FEDEX GLOBAL EDUCATION

CENTER, ROOM 4003 SEPTEMBER 29-30, 2017

Schedule Friday, September 29 8:30am-5:00pm: Registration 8:30am-9:00am: Coffee and Pastries 9:00am-9:30am: Welcoming Remarks Esther Mukewa Lisanza, PhD Department of African, African American and Diaspora Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill Barbara Anderson, Associate Director African Studies Center, UNC-Chapel Hill Eunice Sahle, PhD Chair, Department of African, African American and Diaspora Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill Rudy Colloredo-Mansfeld, PhD Senior Associate Dean, Social Sciences and Global Programs 9:40am-10:40am: Keynote Plenary Linguistic Commodification and Africa’s Linguistic Identities: Creating a Nexus! Leonard Muaka, PhD Associate Professor, Howard University

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10:45am- 12:25pm: Session 1: African Languages and Globalization-1 Chair: James Essegbey 1. Globalization and the Teaching and Learning of African Languages (Timothy T. Ajani, Fayetteville State University)

2. Do PALs matter in promoting Africa’s tourism industry? The case of Swahili (Charles Bwenge, University of Florida) 3. Whose Culture is it Anyway? Miscommunication in Immigrant Services (Lioba Moshi, University of Georgia) 4. Hausa Language Beyond the Borders of West Africa (Milka Garba, University of Georgia) 12:30pm-1:30pm: Lunch 1:30pm-2:45pm: Session 2: African Literature and Globalization-1 Chair: Samba Camara

1. African Writing in the 21st Century: New Landscapes of Identity (Rose A. Sackeyfio, Winston Salem State University)

2. The Role of Kiswahili Fiction in Globalization (Ernesta S. Mosha, The University of Dar es Salaam) 3. An examination of Okot P’ Bitek’s The song of Lawino as a mega metaphor for the African indigenous Languages (Martha Michieka, East Tennessee State University) 2:50pm- 4:30pm: Session 3: The Globalization of African Cultures: The Case of Yoruba Chair: Dainess Maganda 1. Indigeneity, Globalization, and Yoruba Scholarship (Akintunde Akinyemi, University of Florida) 2. Yoruba Personal Names as Pedagogical Sources on Yoruba Culture: Reverberations from the Literature (Akinloye Ojo, University of Georgia) 3. Second level meanings of names in Jẹ k’a sọ Yoruba and Jẹ k’a ka Yoruba: Reflections on and extension of content (Kole Odutola, University of Florida) 4. Power Dynamics in the Yoruba Naming Practices (Gabriel Ayoola, University of Georgia)

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4:30pm-4:35pm Coffee/Tea Break 4:35pm-6:00pm: Session 4: African Languages and Linguistics Chair: Mohamed Mwamzandi

1. Causality and Serial Verb Constructions in Ewe (James Essegbey, University of Florida) 2. Designing Elicitation Tools for CUT and BREAK verbs (Dorothy Agyepong, University of Cape Town, South Africa) 3. Appropriation of Orature for Pedagogy by Early Yoruba Christians (Damola Adesina and Sola Olorunyomi, University of Ibadan)

4. Linguistics Styles in an online Forum (Jessica Mushi, Winston-Salem State University) 6:15pm-7:15 Dinner Saturday, September 30 8:30am-5:00pm: Registration 8:30am-9:00am: Coffee and Pastries 9:00am-10:40am: Session 4: Language in Education Chair: Alphonse Mutima 1. Revisiting the Language-in-Education Policy Reforms in Postcolonial Zanzibar: what has changed since 2006 (Maryam Jaffar Ismail, The State University of Zanzibar)

2. The Role of Globalization and Ideology in the search for Identity: Language Policies and Education in North Africa (Ali Alalou, University of Delaware) 3. The Voices of Kenyan Children in the 21st Century (Esther Mukewa Lisanza, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) 4. Language Use in Education: A Case of Swahili and English in Kenya and Tanzania (Geofred M. Osoro, Wellesley College) 10:40am-10:50am: Coffee/Tea Break

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10:50am-12:05pm: Session 5: African Literature and Globalization-2 Chair: Akintunde Akinyemi 1. Identity Crisis of a Muslim Immigrant and Racism in Ahmed’s Mhanga Nafsi Yangu (Mohamed Mwamzandi, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) 2. Totemic identity, animalization and destiny in Les soleils des indépendances (Diaby-Kassamba Mahamadou, Winston Salem State University) 3. Feminist Empowerment: Drawing from African Traditions (Rose Sau Lugano, University of Florida) 12:05pm-1:00pm: Lunch 1:00pm-2:40pm: Session 6: Language, Identity, and Ideology Chair: Timothy Ajani 1. Public Rumors: The use of Language as Ideology during Contested Elections in Uganda (Vaia Sigounas, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) 2. Language use and Identity in Kenya (Beatrice Ng’uono Okelo, Baylor University) 3. From Taboo to Acceptability: Use of Sheng in Controversial Issues Discussion (Anne Waliaula, Virginia University) 4. The Politics of Language use During Election Campaigns in Nigeria. (Addullahi Tanko Umaru Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria) 2:40pm-4:20pm: Session 7: African Languages and Globalization-2 Chair: Akinloye Ojo 1. The Implementation of TV shows to teach Swahili Culture in a Foreign Language Classroom. (Beatrice Mkenda, University of Iowa) 2. Promoting African Languages and Culture through Service Learning ( Dainess Maganda, University of Georgia) 3. Native Language Instructors in the US Academy: Challenges and Opportunities (Mustapha Mohammed, University of Florida) 4: Negotiating Music-mediated Linguistic Resilience in an Era of Cultural Globalization: The case of Wolof in Senegalese Popular Music (Samba Camara, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

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4:20pm-4:30pm Coffee/Tea Break 4:30pm-6:30pm: SEALLF Business Meeting Chair: Kole Odutola 6:30pm-7:30pm Dinner Conference Sponsors SEALLF thanks the following units and institutions for their generous support of the 2017 SEALLF Conference:

• African Studies Center, UNC-Chapel Hill • Dept. of African, African American and Diaspora Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill • College of Arts and Sciences, UNC- Chapel Hill • Center for African Studies, University of Florida • U.S. Department of Education