African Languages: Home

How do I do my assignment? To find, access and use information effectively,

use the step-by-step guide.

Welcome to the African Languages subject guide. This guide will provide students, researchers and staff with access to subject and information resources.

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language that goes to his heart"

Nelson Rholihlala Mandela

Bookings for Library Research Week 2022 are now open!

The official launch of Library Research Week 2022 will be held on Monday, 16 May. It will be a panel discussion on the importance of ethics in the research process. Panel members will include Mr Jerall Toi, Dr Marilize Burger and Ms Katlego Mthelebofu.

The rest of Research Week will be based on the theme "Mapping your Research Journey" and there will be webinars based on the following:

Rigging the ropes: Search strategies with Google and Google Scholar; Proposal writing; Literature reviews

Navigating the new: Mixed-methods research; Statistics in research; Sage Research Methods; Qualitative data analysis with Atlas.ti

Traversing the tides: Academic misconduct; Mendeley; Checking your similarity index (Turnitin); Copyright issues

Bridging uncharted waters: Maximise your research impact; Sensitive research data; Wiley open access agreement

Enquiries: Marié Roux, e-mail or tel: 021 808 9917.