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Osborn, Donald. 2012. "Is Swahili the language of Africa?" In E.M. Rickerson and B. Hilton, eds., The Five-Minute Linguist: Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages, 2nd edition. London: Equinox. Pp. 266-269. (Re-edition of the 2006 publication.)
Osborn, Don. 2011. Les langues africaines à l'ère du numérique. Défis et opportunités de l'informatisation des langues autochtones. (Traduit de l'anglais par Geneviève Deschamps.) Presses de l'Université Laval / CRDI. (Translation of African Languages in a Digital Age.)
Osborn, Don. 2010. African Languages in a Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities for Indigenous Language Computing. HSRC Press / IDRC.
Osborn, Donald. 2008. "Soybeans and Soybean Products in West Africa: Adoption by Farmers and Adaptation to Foodways." in Christine DuBois, Tan Chee-Beng, and Sidney Mintz, eds. The World of Soy. University of Illinois Press. (See also "Multidisciplinary perspectives" blog article, 20 April 2008)
Osborn, Don. 2007. "Localizing languages." ICT Update 40(December, 2007): 10.
Osborn, Donald. 2006. "Is Swahili the language of Africa?" In E.M. Rickerson and B. Hilton, eds., The Five-Minute Linguist: Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages. London: Equinox. Pp. 263-267.
Osborn, Donald. 2006. "African Languages and Information and Communication Technology: Literacy, Access and the Future." in J. Mugane, ed. Selected Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 2004). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
Osborn, Donald. 2005. "African Languages and Information and Communication Technology: Localizing the Future." Localisation Focus, 4(2), June 2005.
Shapiro, B.I., D. Osborn, and M. Ahmed. 1999. "Ex-Ante Impact Assessment and Economic Analysis of Breeding for Nutrient Efficiency and Alternate Strategies, a Conceptual Model and Research Issues: The Socio-Economist's View." In J.J. Adu-Gyamfi, ed. Food Security in Nutrient-Stressed Environments: Exploiting Plants' Genetic Capabilities. Tsukuba, Japan and Patancheru, India: JIRCAS and ICRISAT. Pp. 24-26.
Osborn, Donald. 1999. "Ultimate Development Participation: Institutionalizing Indigenous Language Use in Education and Research." In Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Third World Conference, Chicago, March 19-22, 1997. Chicago: Third World Conference Foundation.
Osborn, Donald. 1994. "Evolution of the Concept of Development." The CASID Connection 9, No. 2(January): 9-13.
Osborn, D., D.J. Dwyer and J.I. Donohoe, Jr. 1993. A Fulfulde (Maasina)- English-French Lexicon: A Root-Based Compilation Drawn from Extant Sources Followed by English-Fulfulde and French-Fulfulde Listings. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. Pp. xx, 688.
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