9:00 – 9:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks Luce Hall Common Room (2nd floor)
Kiarie waNjogu, Director, Program in African Languages Michael Cappello, Chair, Council on African Studies
9:30 – 11:00 Keynote Presentation I Luce Hall Common Room (2nd floor)
Moderator: Rajend Mesthrie, Chair, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Cape Town.
11:30-1pm Session 1 - (room TBA)
AFRICAN LANGUAGES, SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY I
11:30 – 1:00 Session II (room TBA)
LANGUAGE VARIETIES, SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY II
2-3:30pm Session III
LANGUAGE VARIETIES: PIDGIN AND SLANG
2:00 – 3:30 Session IV
LANGUAGE VARIETIES AND TRADE/BUSINESS
3:30 – 5:00 Session V
ENGLISH AND AFRICAN LANGUAGES
3:30 – 5:00 Session VI
LANGUAGE VARIETIES AND POP-CULTURE
5:00 – 7:00 Reception Luce Hall Common Room (2nd floor)