Cultural Awareness

      African Languages at Penn

      Fall 1997

      The Penn African Language Cultural Festival for Fall 1997 took place on Saturday, November 2nd. The event provided an evening of fun and learning for participants and audience members. There was a wide range of presentations by each class:

      



      KIKONGO-poetry reading

      


      





      WOLOF-poetry reading

      


      

      




      YORUBA 1- "E maa gbo" 


      

      

      





      YORUBA 2- poetry reading
      

      

      





      BAMBARA- poetry reading
      

      

      





      KIKUYU- story telling
      

      












      Further information on the African Language Program at Penn 
can be obtained from:
      

African Studies Center
645 Williams Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215 898 6971

Fax: 215 573 8130
      

Penn Language Center
714 Williams Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215 898-6039

      Last Modified: November 23rd, 1998
      


      Alwiya S.Omar, asomar@babel.ling.upenn.edu
      
      African Language Coordinator