Seminar: Reconsidering Ngugi wa Thiong'o in Contemporary Africa: Urban Vernaculars and the Linguistic Agency in Youth Cultures will be held on Friday, July 18,2025.

2025.07.02

organizer(s)Organizer: Institute of Asian, African,and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University
Supporters: Japan Society for Afrasian Studies (JSAS), African Studies Center at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

date and timeFriday, July 18, 2025
17:15-18:45

titleReconsidering Ngugi wa Thiongfo in Contemporary Africa:
Urban Vernaculars and the Linguistic Agency in Youth Cultures
speakersSpeaker: Prof. John M. Mugane (Director of the African Language Program, Havard University)
Discussant: Dr. Kithinji Kinyua(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Moderator: Prof. Wakiko Ohira (Sophia University)




venue (Hybrid)Room 603, 6th Floor, Building No.2, Sophia University & on Zoom
languageEnglish (with no translation)
registrationPlease register by July 16.
On-site attendance limited to the first 25 People
https://forms.gle/8D6m5yr8jkU3NjuX6

Zoom meeting information will be sent to those registered.
inquiryi-asianc@sophia.ac.jp
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