[A12n-forum] FYI: Nuer on the web

["Don Osborn" <dzo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On the Multilingual_Literacy list* (message no. 24) Andrew Cunningham
mentioned work on a Nuer language website:

There is project in the developmental stages at the moment in Melbourne
(Australia). A couple of members of the local Nuer migrant community in
Melbourne are developing a Nuer language website
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~naath/ . It is focusing on Nuer literacy and will
be an avenue for distributing Nuer literacy resources across the Nuer
diaspora.

The is a high degree of illiteracy within the Nuer communities, and a number
of projects in Africa and within the Diaspora outside of Africa trying to
address literacy issues.

The internet is seen as a way of providing access to the resources.

The person who is developing the website worked for the Nuer lIteracy
Project in Sudan and Kenya before migrating to Australia, and is continuing
his literacy work here.

Have a look at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~naath/literacy/folk-stories.html
for a sample.

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