KU Program in African Languages

The University of Kansas African languages program features Arabic, Hausa, KiSwahili, and Wolof. Other African languages taught include Ancient Egyptian and Coptic. Faculty at the University of Kansas possess competence in other African languages such as : Yoruba, Edo, KiKongo, Chinyanja, Afrikaans, Twi, and Karimojong, to name a few. If you have interest in one of these languages, or questions for one of these faculty, please consult the list below, view the websites devoted to each individual language, or contact us at kasc@ku.edu or (785) 864-3745.

Faculty and instructors of the main languages:

Arabic
Naima Omar
nomar@ku.edu
(785) 864-4448

Khalid Al-Amrah
alamrah@ku.edu
(785) 864-1071

Ibrahim Almaiman
almaiman@ku.edu
(785) 864-1070

Bander Almatari
may1977@ku.edu
(785) 864-1071

Seraji, Sami
samis@ku.edu
(785) 864-1071

Barakat Makrami
bhhmm@ku.edu
(785) 864-1070

Hausa
Beverly Mack
bmack@ku.edu
(785) 864-4260

Aminu Gusau
agusau@ku.edu
(785) 864-3054

KiSwahili
Ashford Njogu
anjogu@ku.edu
(785) 864-5044

Garth Myers
gmyers@ku.edu
(785) 864-4291

Wolof
Alassane Fall
alassane@ku.edu
(785) 864-1018

Harold Torrence
torrence@ku.edu
(785) 864-3450

For further information on the African Language Program, contact:

Naima Omar
Language Coordinator
nomar@ku.edu
(785) 864-4448

Language Resource Centers

Ermal Garinger Academic Resource Center at KU (EGARC)
National African Language Resource Center (NALRC)
Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR)
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA)

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