Kimbundu of Angola - a sociolinguistic and historical overview

Part of the SOAS Linguistics Research Seminar series

Speaker: Alexander Cobbinah (University of São Paulo)

Angola is one of the linguistically most underresearched countries in Africa, due to decades of war and lack of infrastructure, while boasting languages like Kimbundu with a wealth of diachronic data going back to the 17th Century. 

This talk gives an overview of the current very complex and rather atypical sociolinguistic situation within the African context, as well as the rich missionary productions still awaiting analyses. 

Attendance

This event is hybrid: on campus and on Teams (details below).

• Meeting ID: 329 113 625 696 688 2 
• Passcode: ME93g6m8 

Gallery image: Alexander Cobbinah

Banner credit: Mohammed Kara (Unsplash)