The Language in The Gambia Online Reading Group‘s fifteenth meeting will be on Tuesday 12th of March 12.45-1.45pm (GMT/Gambian/UK time). We will focus on a recently published Master’s degree dissertation by Basidia Drammeh entitled ‘The challenge of translation from English into Mandinka in Gambia: colonial legacies of translation processes and practices‘ (University of Ottawa). The dissertation can be viewed and downloaded below. You can also meet the author of this work in the video below where he talks about his research:

Also available here: https://hdl.handle.net/10393/45866

Where: Google Meet on the day / WhatsApp group beforehand (see details below)

This is the Google Meet link you will need to use to join on the day: https://meet.google.com/kgq-unqf-dga. If you’re already using Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube, or another Google product, just sign in to your existing Google Account. If you don’t have a Google Account, you will need to sign up (free). If you’re using your laptop, any browser will work. If you’re using your phone or tablet, you will need to download the Google Meet mobile app from Google Play or Apple Store.

We will start the discussion the week before on our WhatsApp group so that our colleagues and friends who won’t be able to attend on the day can still have an opportunity to participate in the discussion. Send your phone number to clyde.ancarno@kcl.ac.uk if you would like to be added.

When

Date to be confirmed

Who

ALL welcome! This is not intended for an academic audience only. Invite others if you wish.