African Linguistics Club

Welcome to the African Linguistics Club!

Schedule for Spring 2025

Thursday, March 27 – Panel discussion on Definiteness in Akan featuring Rebecca Bonney (BU Linguistics), Augustina Owusu (Yale linguistics), and Tobias Ninson (BU African Studies Center)

– Talks and discussion 5:30-6:30
– Dinner 6:30-7

Thursday, April 17 – Nikky Agba (BU African Studies Center) will lead an introduction to the Igbo language

– Talk and discussion 5:30-6:30
– Dinner 6:30-7

Thursday, May 8 – Dry runs for the Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL) 56 at the University of Minnesota, where BU linguistics students/alums Romi Hill, Jackson Kellogg, Ousmane Cisse, Rebecca Bonney, and Felix Kpogo will present.

– Talk and discussion 5:30-6:30
– Dinner 6:30-7

Location: All talks will take place in the seminar room of the African Studies Center, 232 Bay State Road, Room 505.