Associate Professor, Departments of Romance Languages & Literatures and Judaic Studies, University of Michigan The Patagonian desert in southern Argentina is a harsh environment. Little seems to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. University students in South Africa come to blows over lessons conducted in Afrikaans, the white minority language identified with ...

Today marks a significant milestone in South Africa’s linguistic history—100 years since Afrikaans was officially recognised as a state language. While many celebrate this centenary, it also prompts a ...

From Pretoria to the Language Monument: Solidarity embarked on the Afrikaans 100 Letter Tour where giant letters, town by town, story by story, celebrated Afrikaans 100. Photo: Supplied Pretoria ...

This week, I reflect on the bittersweet emotions of my baby turning two, as I scroll through cherished memories and celebrate the joy of motherhood.

Lloyd Hill received funding from the South African National Research Foundation (Grant #111845). When South Africa became a democracy in 1994, five of the country’s universities used Afrikaans as a ...

The DA party argues Afrikaans education will be harmed, while the ANC says law is necessary to redress inequality A contentious South African education law has drawn furious condemnation from ...

When South Africa became a democracy in 1994, five of the country's universities used Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. There were also two bilingual universities teaching in Afrikaans and English ...