As part of the commemoration of the 2026 African Languages Week fixed for February 21 – 28 2026, a two-day African Languages Conference commenced today, 23rd February 2026 at the ISSER Conference Hall at the University of Ghana.
The online and in person conference which was organized by African Languages Inc, a non-profit organization dedicated to language justice and cultural preservation, returns for its fifth edition in Accra, Ghana.
AFLC was created in 2022 to celebrate African Languages Week (ALW) and to promote and preserve African languages while advancing language and digital rights across Africa and the diaspora.
This year’s theme, “Language Justice: African Languages for Social and Economic Development,” calls attention to a critical reality: while over one billion Africans communicate primarily in Indigenous languages, these languages are still too often excluded from education, governance, economic planning, and digital innovation.
The conference brought together writers, language activists, scholars, technologists, policymakers, translators and interpreters, educators, and community leaders to forge pathways forward.
Above picture showed some members of the Pan African Writers Association ( PAWA) at the conference : ( Left to Right) Dr Hamisi Babusa from Kenya, Hon John Rusimbi,, former PAWA President from Rwanda, Dr Wale Okediran, the PAWA Secretary General and Abbas Mohammed, PAWA Deputy Programs Officer.
