Events
Join us at the ILMA 10th Anniversary Pre-Workshop – DH-IGNITE 2026
Be part of an exciting conversation on digital and computational methodologies in Humanities and Social Sciences in South Africa.
Call for Abstracts
The Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) Research Focus Area at North-West University (NWU), South Africa, invites scholars, media practitioners, community leaders, artists, and students to submit abstracts for its 10th Anniversary Symposium on Indigenous Language Media and Communication
Call for Abstracts!
Indigenous languages are carriers of culture, history, and identity. They hold the ancestral knowledge systems, oral traditions, and worldviews
of communities across the globe. Yet, many of these languages are endangered, underrepresented, or marginalized in mainstream media and
communication platforms.
News
Self-decolonisation in the face of societal pressure: Reclaiming the self
To decolonise the self is therefore an internal act. It requires questioning beliefs we often take for granted: Why is English associated with intelligence while indigenous languages are treated as informal? Why are Western lifestyles seen as modern and superior? Why do we sometimes feel the need to minimise our names, accents, or traditions to be accepted? Self-decolonisation begins when we recognise that many of these ideas were inherited rather than chosen
ILMA to Host Public Lecture on Setswana Content Production at Motsweding FM
The Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) Research Focus Area in the Faculty of Humanities at North-West University (NWU) will host a public lecture on 18 March 2026 focusing on the state of Setswana content production in South Africa’s radio landscape.
Neglect of indigenous languages amounts to a betrayal of revolutionary ideals
I am not sure if UNESCO’s pronouncement will yield anything worth commenting on, judging by the fact that nothing much was achieved in 2019, which was equally hailed as the International Year of Indigenous Languages,”
Latest publications
Marketing Communication in African Languages
The use of African languages for marketing communication is considered on the traditional mass media and the digital media. Readers will gain a lot of insights into the theory and practice of marketing communication in African languages
Social Media Misinformation and Disinformation Studies and Perspectives from Africa
Every intellectual endeavour that focuses on the still ravaging effects of misinformation and disinformation via social media channels is imperative in today’s world. It is against the backdrop of the persistent undesirable consequences of misinformation and disinformation on the global society that this book’s importance is underscored. In no small way, the book contributes to facilitate understanding of the social media-misinformation and disinformation conundrum, thereby a much-valued contribution to the knowledge on this subject of currency.
Indigenous Language For Development Communication In The Global South Copy
Indigenous Language for Development Communication in the Global South brings together voices from the margins in underrepresented regions of the Global South, within the context of scholarship focusing on indigenous languages and development communication