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H-West-Africa

H-West-Africa  is one of the H-Net  lists for discussion of Africa's history and culture, with a regional focus. The H-West-Africa  homepage has descriptions and access to archives and search.

My contributions are below. Note that a good proportion of these are actually forwarded from other H-Net lists, notably H-Africa and H-Hausa.

2000

• H-WA African Languages: Localizing ICTs (X MANSA) , Thu, 3 Feb 2000
• Lore & superstition surrounding certain dwellings in Guinea & Mali , Tue, 20 Jun 2000
• Pre-Samory tata , Tue, 20 Jun 2000

2001

• Hausa fonts and computer keyboards , Mon, 3 Sep 2001

2002

• Past meetings/conf's on African languages: query , Tue, 15 Jan 2002
• Tifinagh: query , Mon, 6 May 2002
• FYI: Pulaar translator project , Mon, 26 Aug 2002
• Bisharat! A language, technology & development initiative , Sat, 9 Nov 2002
• Soybeans & tofu in West Africa , Wed, 27 Nov 2002
• Latin-extended keyboards for Macintosh , Wed, 27 Nov 2002
• Ibiscus , Sun, 1 Dec 2002
• Extended Arabic characters - comments sought , Mon, 2 Dec 2002
• RFI: African languages on the web - langues africaines sur internet , Mon, 9 Dec 2002
• African languages on the web - langues africaines sur internet: reply , Tue, 31 Dec 2002

2003

• Job opening with Peace Corps in Niger , Fri, 24 Jan 2003
• CFP: 'Towards an Africa without Borders', Oct 2003 , Fri, 7 Feb 2003
• Consultants needed for study of Igbo grammar , Thu, 13 Mar 2003
• Thu, 13 Mar 2003 ,
• RFI: Documents sur la politique linguistique en Afrique , Fri, 21 Mar 2003
• Fw: Font for Arabic script based languages released , Tue, 29 Apr 2003
• N'ko update , Thu, 8 May 2003
• Request for feedback - Ajami & tablet keyboards , Sat, 17 May 2003
• Dagera orthography , Mon, 19 May 2003
• World History from the Periphery: 4 Replies , Tue, 2 Sep 2003
• CFP: 2nd annual International Conference on Igbo Studies , Thu, 4 Sep 2003

2004

• Hausa phrase for H-Hausa , Mon, 5 Jan 2004
• "Hausa-Fulani tribe" & radical Islam in N. Nigeria , Mon, 5 Jan 2004
• Fw: [Unicode-Afr] Tifinagh marocaines , Fri, 9 Jan 2004
• Fwd: Encoding N'ko / Encodage du N'ko , Fri, 9 Jan 2004
• Nominations for FINAFINAN HAUSA AWARDS 2003 , Sun, 25 Jan 2004
• Nigeria Has Highest Rate of Illiteracy - UNESCO & REPLY , Tue, 27 Jan 2004
• Re: ANN: NEW TITLES FROM AFRICAN BOOKS COLLECTIVE , Fri, 6 Feb 2004
• Hausa alphabet? , Fri, 6 Feb 2004
• Re: Right to a Drink of Water [Osborn ], Sat, 7 Feb 2004
• Re: Hausa alphabet , Wed, 11 Feb 2004
• Make Pidgin English Lingua Franca , Sat, 21 Feb 2004
• pandemic polio problem : 2 REPLIES , Thu, 26 Feb 2004
• yams: QUERY & REPLY , Fri, 27 Feb 2004
• Preprocessed "traditional" dishes: 2 REPLIES , Fri, 27 Feb 2004
• Polio in Ivory Coast Started in Nigeria , Mon, 1 Mar 2004
• Hausa Wikipedia , Mon, 22 Mar 2004
• CFP: Coling Workshop on Arabic Script Languages [Extended Deadline ], Sat, 27 Mar 2004
• African architecture in Sahel: 2 REPLIES , Wed, 21 Apr 2004
• Hausa on King Fahd Complex Site , Mon, 26 Apr 2004
• ANN: Interesting Gates Foundation Information , Thu, 6 May 2004
• Re: Realizing the Promise and Potential of African Agriculture , Sun, 27 Jun 2004
• Hausa spell checking , Sun, 27 Jun 2004
• 2 items concerning Arabic-based scripts , Tue, 29 Jun 2004
• North Korea in Africa: 4 REPLIES , Thu, 15 Jul 2004
• UNESCO Pan-African visual arts competition: fyi FRANCAIS & ENGLISH VERSION , Thu, 15 Jul 2004
• learning to read and "computer cafes" & 2 Replies , Wed, 21 Jul 2004
• CFP: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRESERVING AFRICAN LANGUAGES, Nov 4-7 '04 , Thu, 22 Jul 2004
• NSF Documenting Endangered Languages , Tue, 3 Aug 2004
• Ngugi wa Thiong'o attacked in Nairobi: 3 replies , Fri, 13 Aug 2004
• FYI: African Script Issues WITH ADDENDUM , Fri, 20 Aug 2004
• FYI: L'Allemagne a ouvert les archives des colonies , Wed, 25 Aug 2004
• Hausa orthographic standards in business, etc. , Wed, 25 Aug 2004
• Hausa orthographic standards in business, etc.: 3 Replies , Wed, 25 Aug 2004
• Re: gaisuwa da awara , Fri, 17 Sep 2004
• History of Fulfulde orthography , Mon, 18 Oct 2004
• Typewriters for African languages? , Fri, 12 Nov 2004
• TOC: Language Problems & Language Planning, Special issue on South , Africa , Tue, 30 Nov 2004
• Universities involved in African language localization , Sat, 11 Dec 2004
• Universities involved in African language localization: reply , Sun, 19 Dec 2004

2005

• Fwd: [malilink] Special Mali sur France Culture , Sat, 1 Jan 2005
• Re: Universities involved in African language localization , Tue, 4 Jan 2005
• OBIT: Kay Williamson , Sun, 16 Jan 2005
• Questions re the N'ko script , Wed, 26 Jan 2005
• RFI: Bibliography on Mandinka , Sun, 6 Feb 2005
• Hausa instructor opening, Columbia U. , Fri, 18 Mar 2005
• BBC: "Niger cancels 'free-slave' event" , Fri, 18 Mar 2005
• Académie des langues nationales du Sénégal , Sun, 20 Mar 2005
• French Education in West Africa : 2 REPLIES , Wed, 30 Mar 2005
• Another Hausa alphabet , Wed, 20 Apr 2005
• JOB: Lector in Hausa, SOAS , Wed, 20 Apr 2005
• Another Hausa alphabet , Fri, 22 Apr 2005
• Yet another Hausa alphabet , Thu, 28 Apr 2005
• Re: encyclopedia entry on Hausa , Sun, 1 May 2005
• Standard writing system & publishing in Akan , Tue, 31 May 2005
• Casablanca Statement on localization of ICT in Africa , Fri, 24 Jun 2005
• NEH/NSF grant for study of Badiaranke language , Mon, 4 Jul 2005
• Bonaventure Mvé-Ondo , Africa: the Scientific Divide / Re: Afrique : la fracture scientifique , Wed, 6 Jul 2005
• RFI: African language profiles for localizers , Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005
• QUERY: The term "tabouchi" or "tabuusi" in Mali , Mon, 19 Sep 2005
• Hausa term "Tonawa" for Akan? , Tue, 20 Sep 2005
• Wikipedia Contributions: Reply , Tue, 13 Dec 2005
• Wikipedia Contributions: 3 REPLIES , Wed, 14 Dec 2005
• pre-colonial land reform in Africa: QUERY & REPLY , Sun, 18 Dec 2005

2006

• Cross-border Relations in West Africa: REPLY , Tue, 10 Jan 2006
• Wikipedia , Mon, 16 Jan 2006
• 2 Hausa language questions , Fri, 17 Mar 2006
• Written Hausa in Ghana , Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006
• Language Policies in Africa : REPLY , Sun, 30 Apr 2006
• Re: POLITIQUES LINGUISTIQUES EN AFRIQUE , Sun, 30 Apr 2006
• FYI: African Union list of jobs , Wed, 17 May 2006
• Jagoranci Zuwa Zabi: Daftarin Horar Da Mata Akan Jagoranci , Wed, 17 May 2006
• Ajami other than Hausa , Fri, 19 May 2006
• African languages on currency: QUERY & 7 REPLIES , Mon, 12 Jun 2006
• RFI en Haoussa + REPLY , Wed, 12 Jul 2006
• Ajami in other languages , Tue, 25 Jul 2006
• "Birgiman Hankaka" - "Freedom Radio" programs published , Tue, 25 Jul 2006
• Wikipedia in Hausa , Tue, 25 Jul 2006
• Kirya: QUERY & 4 REPLIES , Sun, 30 Jul 2006
• Kirya : 3 REPLIES , Thu, 3 Aug 2006
• Wikipedia, academia, and "Wikimania": QUERY & REPLIES , Sun, 6 Aug 2006
• FYI: Report on Wikimania 2006/ African language Wikipedias , Fri, 11 Aug 2006
• FYI: NYTimes: "African Languages Grow as a Wikipedia Presence" , Tue, 29 Aug 2006
• Academic & Research Content Online: Responsibilities to Maintain?: query , Mon, 4 Sep 2006
• Input to BBC program about African languages on Wikipedia , Wed, 6 Sep 2006
• Re: Introduction of African languages to liberal arts college , Sun, 3 Dec 2006
• Forum on China-Africa Cooperation , Tue, 5 Dec 2006
• Africa and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples & 6 REPLIES , Fri, 8 Dec 2006

2007

• FW: Invite to 'African Language Technology' (aflat.org) , Sun, 28 Jan 2007
• Re: Trinidad & Tobago technical assistance to West Africa , Tue, 13 Feb 2007
• literacy statistics , Sat, 17 Mar 2007
• New Hausa Blogs . . .: 2 REPLIES , Mon, 16 Apr 2007
• New Hausa Blogs . . . , Sun, 6 May 2007
• Telecommunications in Africa: Reply , Sun, 6 May 2007
• Afro-Vietnamese relations: Reply , Mon, 2 Jul 2007
• origin of 'grin': REPLY , Thu, 23 Aug 2007
• Fwd: China in Hausa: 3 REPLIES , Thu, 20 Sep 2007
• "Bruly Boubaré's Alphabet" (Bété in C= F4te d'Ivoire) , Fri, 19 Oct 2007
• Nokia menu support in Hausa , Thu, 22 Nov 2007
• Names for African peoples & language: 19 REPLIES , Tue, 11 Dec 2007
• Names for African peoples & language: REPLY , Fri, 14 Dec 2007

2008

• Words for "t'ej" (honey wine) in other languages: QUERY , Mon, 7 Jan 2008
• Soyinka's Yoruba translation of the declaration of human rights: REPLY , Sun, 20 Jan 2008
• Interview of Boubacar Boris Diop , Fri, 8 Feb 2008

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