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Bibliography

Kiyaga, Nassozi B. and Donald F. Moores.　2009. Deafness in Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Moores, Donald F. and Margery S. Miller eds. Deaf people around the world: Educational and social perspectives. Washington,DC: Gallaudet University Press. 145-154.

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, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 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. In Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 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, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 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, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 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, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 56(2005.06):45-52.

Miles, M.. 2004. Locating deaf people, gesture and sign in African histories, 1450s-1950s. In : Disability & Society Vol. 19. Nobember 2004. 531 – 545.

Kamei, Nobutaka. 2004. The Deaf in Africa (8) Total communication by Foster. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 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, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 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, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 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, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 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, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 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, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 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, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 46(2002.12):26-32.

Burton, T. 2002. A deaf person's perspective on third world deaf children's education. [Paper presented at "What does the south really want from the north?" a seminar co-organized by the Deaf Africa fund and the Enabling Education Network, Birmingham, England. June, 2002.]

Adepoju, Gabriel A. 1999. Trends in the development of education of the deaf in Nigeria between 1950 and 1985. An interview and historical study. College Park. University of Maryland. Unpublished doctoral dissertation.

Abang, T. 1994. Nigeria. In: Kaz Mazurek and Margaret Winzer eds. Comparative studies in special education.Washington,DC : Gallaudet University Press. 77-87.

Titus, Marius Rock. 1994. Better education for Deaf people in French-speaking Africa. 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. 800-803.

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.

Akach, Philemon A.O. 1993. Barriers. In : : Signpostspring 1993. 2-5.

Finnish Association of the Deaf ed. 1992. East African Sign Language Seminar, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, August 20-26, 1990. Helsinki: Finnish Association of the Deaf. 109 pp.

Majiwa, Dominic O. 1992. Paper on Future Co-operation Between the National Associations of the Deaf in East nad Central Africa and the WFD Region... 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. 90-93.

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.

Smith A. & Hatcher J. 1992. Preventing deafness in Africa's children. 　In : African Health 15 (1) 33–35.

Jump, Stephen and Peart, Michael A. 1991. Development of a low cost hearing aid (for use in Botswana and other African countries). In: Hearing Aids: Their Production, Delivery Systems and Effective use. London: Royal National Institute of the Deaf. 41–47.

Partnership Between Deaf People and Professionals. Proceedings of a Conference held ... August 1991 ... Rabat, Malta, arranged by Initiatives for Deaf Education in the Third World, in co-operation with the National Commission for the Handicapped, Malta. 1991. Valletta: Ministry of Society Policy, Malta. (Including information of Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

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.

Gachuhi S.M. Ed. 1990. East, Central and Southern Africa Seminar of the Deaf, Dec. 1990, Kenya National Association of the Deaf, Nairobi. Helsinki: Finnish Association of the. Deaf.

Serpell R. and Mackenzie Mbewe. 1990. Dialectical flexibility in sign language in Africa. In: Ceil Lucas Ed. Sign Language Research. Theoretical Issues. Washington D.C.: Gallaudet University Press.

Wallvik B. ed. 1990. East African Sign Language Seminar, Ethiopia, Aug. 20-26, 1990. Helsinki: Finnish Association of the Deaf.

Joutselainen M. ed. 1988. East African Sign Language Seminar, Arusha, Tanzania, 29 August - 9 September 1988. Helsinki: Finnish Association of the Deaf.

Ndurumo, Michael M. 1988. The significance of sign language to the Deaf. Paper presented at the first eastern and southern Africa sign language seminar, Arusha, Tanzania. 1988 August.

Ndurumo, Michael M. 1984. Self advocacy among Deaf persons in Africa. Paper presented at the UNESCO subregional seminar for special education administration and teacher trainers, Limuru conference and training centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 10-21. 1984 September.

Creider C.A. 1977. Towards a description of East African gestures.In : Sign Language Studies 6 (14) 1-20.

Toubbeh J., S. Soliman and J. Yates. 1976. Communication for hearing-handicapped people in the Arab world. In: Oyer, Herbert J. ed. Communication for the Hearing Handicapped. An international perspective. Baltimore: University Park Press. 395-419.

Macrina, Sr. 1973. The first deaf school in Southern Africa. In : Hearing Aid Journal. Feb. 1973, p. 12.

Anderson, Elizabeth M. 1967. The Education of Physically Handicapped, Blind and Deaf Children in East Africa. London: National Fund for Research. into Crippling Diseases. 149 pp.

Ojile, E. 1985. The problem of establishing early communication patterns for deaf children in the developing countries of Africa – a possible solution. In: Taylor I.G. ed. The Education of the Deaf. Current Perspectives. 4 Vols. London: Croom Helm. 2043–2048.

Researchers

History of sign language research

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Surd'África

Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Africa

WOCAL-6(World Congress of African Linguistics- 6) Workshop on Sign Languages in Africa during WOCAL-6　August 18, 2009 - Cologne, Germany

Miles, M. 2005. Deaf People Living and Communicating in African Histories, c. 960s - 1960s.

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