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Bibliography

Kamei, Nobutaka.　2006. The Birth of Langue des Signes Franco-Africaine : Creole ASL in West and Central French-Speaking Africa. In Sign Language Communication Studies(Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies) 59(2006.03):67-68.[ Report of the session at the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington DC Dec. 1. 2005 7:45 PM–9:30 PM. "Endangered World Languages : Sign Languages and Their Variations"]

Kamei, Nobutaka. 2006. The Deaf in Africa (12) -In the era of globalization. InSign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies) 59(2006.03):82-89.

Kamei, Nobutaka. 2005. The Deaf in Africa (11) -Multiple aspects of apartheid. In Sign Language Communication Studies(Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies) 58(2005.12):46-53.

Kamei, Nobutaka. 2005. The Deaf in Africa (10) -Teacher training by the Deaf Foster generation of today. In:Sign Language Communication Studies(Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies) 57(2005.09):41-47.

Kamei, Nobutaka. 2005. The Deaf in Africa (9) -Teacher training by the Deaf. In:Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies) 56(2005.06):45-52.

Kamei, Nobutaka. 2004. The Deaf in Africa (8) -Total communication by Foster. In:Sign Language Communication Studies(Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies) 54(2004.12):58-64.

Kamei, Nobutaka. 2004. The Deaf in Africa (7) -Expansion of missionary education for the Deaf appendix : A letter from Benin. In:Sign Language Communication Studies(Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies) 53(2004.09):56-62.

Kamei, Nobutaka. 2004. The Deaf in Africa (6) -Foster, Father of deaf education in Africa. In:Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies) 52(2004.06):47-54.

Kamei, Nobutaka. 2004. The Deaf in Africa (5) -Deaf views of America In:Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies) 51(2004.03):55-62.

Kamei, Nobutaka. 2003. The Deaf in Africa (4) Controversies over foreign sign languages. In:Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies) 50(2003.12):44-53.

Kamei, Nobutaka. 2003. The Deaf in Africa (3) Sign languages introduced into Africa. In:Sign Language Communication Studies(Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies) 49(2003.09):58-65.

Kamei, Nobutaka. 2003. The Deaf in Africa (2) Sign Languages used in Africa. In:Sign Language Communication Studies(Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies) 47(2003.03):50-55.

Monaghan, Leila. 2003. A world's eye view: Deaf cultures in global perspective. In: Monaghan, Leila, Constanze Schmaling, Karen Nakamura and Graham H. Turner eds. Many ways to be Deaf: International variation in Deaf communities. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 1-24. [Including information of Africa (general), Asia (general), Oceania (general), Hausa Sign Language, Ban Khor Sign Language, Taiwanese Sign Language and Australasian Sign Language ]

Schmaling, Constanze. 2003. A for apple: The impact of Western education and ASL on the Deaf community in Kano State, Northern Nigeria, In: Monaghan, Leila, Constanze Schmaling, Karen Nakamura, and Graham H. Turner eds. Many ways to be Deaf: International variation in Deaf communities. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 302-310. [Including information of Africa (general), Nigeria, Hausa Sign Language and Nigerian Sign Language ]

Kamei, Nobutaka. 2002. The Deaf in Africa (1) Nations and the Deaf in Africa. In:Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies) 46(2002.12):26-32.

Devlieger, Patrick. 1994. Culture-based concepts and social life of disabled persons in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of the deaf. In: Erting, Carol J., Robert C. Johnson, Dorothy L. Smith, and Bruce D. Snider eds. The Deaf Way: Perspectives from the international conference on Deaf culture. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 85-93.

Okombo, Okoth. 1992. African languages: Will sign languages have better luck? In: Finnish Association of the Deaf ed. East African sign language seminar, Debre Zeit, Ethoipia, August 10-16,1990. Helsinki: Finnish Association of the Deaf. 19-24.

Ozolins, Brigitta. 1991. Oppression of native sign language in Africa. In: World Federation of the Deaf ed. Equality and self-reliance: Proceedings of the XI World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf, Tokyo, Japan, July 2-11, 1991. Tokyo: Japanese Federation of the Deaf. 705-706.

Okombo, Okoth. 1991. Obstacles to the development of African sign languages. In: World Federation of the Deaf ed. Equality and self-reliance: Proceedings of the XI World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf, Tokyo, Japan, July 2-11, 1991. Tokyo: Japanese Federation of the Deaf. 165-175.

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