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Osborn, Donald. Forthcoming 2009. African languages in a digital age: Challenges and opportunities for indigenous language computing. HSRC Press, South Africa.

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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• Academic (Ph.D. & M.S. work)
• Presentations
• Email lists (online collaboration in academic & professional fora)