The Executive Director, Mr. Prince M. Obiri-Mainoo has been offered a teaching position as an Akan (Twi) Language Teacher at the Department of African and African-American Studies at the prestigeous Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The appointment, which took effect from September 1, 2009 adds a face-to-face component to the online Twi classes which he launched in the middle of the year under National African Foundation's (NAF) Internationalization of African Languages and Cultural Initiative program.
Under this initiative, NAF hopes to promote the teaching/learning of African languages and culture in American, European and other universities around the world with substantial African student population by networking and recruiting qualified African language instructors for these universities.
Mr. Obiri-Mainoo had his bachelor's degree in Political Science and History from the University of Ghana and a M.Ed degree in technology in education from Lesley University, also in Cambridge Massachusetts. From the University of Ghana, he taught for some time at Wesley College in Kumasi, Ghana in the early 1980s before travelling to the United States. |
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Twi is a dominant language in the West African country of Ghana. In many respects, it could be described as the emerging lingua franca of Ghana.
In the U.S and Canada, the U.K and other EU countries and Australasia, you either encounter Ghanaians or meet Ghanaian kids who are already foreigners to their own language. In several universities in North America, TWI is becoming a preferred second language for both students and faculty.
If you are a certifiied language teacher in Africa and you would be interested to know more about how you can use the power of technology to teach a dominant African language online or face-to-face, send email to
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and we would be happy to help qualify you as one of our representatives or as an online instructor. For others looking for a masters/doctorate degree in linguistics, please send us your email.
UPCOMING LANGUAGE ONLINE CLASS IS IN TWI
The first two lessons on Saturday August 8 and 15, 2009 start at 9:30 am EST for 30 minutes each. Challenge yourself in these two classes for free and then decide whether you want to continue with the next 8 lessons to complete the Basic Package. To register for the upcoming class, please, click on this link!
This release was posted on Monday July 20, 2009. |
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We are glad to announce that Mac's Vision International (MVI), an NGO founded by the Executive Director of NAF, Mr Prince M. Obiri-Mainoo in 1991 in Ghana has merged with NAF as at March 30, 2009. This was a decision arrived at by the members of the board of MVI in Ghana and in the U.S.
MVI started as a community-based youth organization and had a tremendous impact on the youth in Ghana in the early and mid 1990s, but didn't make any headway when attempts were made to incorporate it in the United States. The merger means that NAF would now have a department that would focus mainly on the youth and their impact on the communities they live.  |
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