Name: Revitalizing Endangered Languages
Start: 2021-09-20T09:00:00+0000
End: 2021-09-20T10:30:00+0000

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Revitalizing Endangered Languages

September 20, 2021 at 09:00–10:30 UTC

Chair: Sadik Shahadu

Panelists: Sadik Shahadu • Satdeep Gill • Mali Brødreskift • Aremu Anuoluwapo • Abdul-Rasheed Yussif • Olushola Olaniyan • Amir Aharoni

Coordinator/host: Susanna Ånäs

Notes taken by: All

Description: This panel brings together practitioners working with indigenous and endangered languages. It shows what tools and strategies are available for revitalizing the languages within the open ecosystem.

Speakers

Olushola Olaniyan

President, Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Inc

Olaniyan Olushola Olushola is a financial management expert and former asset management consultant to the First Bank of Nigeria, a bank founded in 1894 with a assets totaling NGN5.9 trillion (USD 153,908,000,000). Shola is the Chair, Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Inc., and a membe... Read More →

Satdeep Gill

Program Officer, GLAM & Culture, Wikimedia Foundation

Aremu Anuoluwapo

C. E. O, Aremu Language Consult

My name is Aremu. I'm a student of the University of Lagos, studying linguistics. I'll like to discuss languages as it relate to recent revolution and also have interest in agriculture

Mali Brødreskift

Diversity manager, Wikimedia Norge

Abdul-Rasheed Yussif

Co-founder and project manager, Dagbani Wikimedians User Group LBG

I am a Ghanaian professional teacher, my quest for new knowledge landed me into becoming a Wikimedian and also being a teacher and believing in making creative educational materials freely accessible also landed me into Creative Commons.I am a co-founder of Dagbani Wikimedians User... Read More →