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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.
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.
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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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| Africa (general) | Africa (general) |
|---|---|
| North Africa | Algeria | Egypt | Libya | Morocco | Tunisia |
| West Africa | Benin | Burkina Faso | Cote d'Ivoire | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Liberia | Mali | Mauritania | Niger | Nigeria | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Togo |
| Island states in the Atlantic Ocean | Cape Verde | Sao Tome and Principe |
| Central Africa | Burundi | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Chad | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon | Republic of the Congo | Rwanda |
| East Africa | Djibouti | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Kenya | Somalia | South Sudan | Sudan | Tanzania | Uganda |
| Southern Africa | Angola | Botswana | Lesotho | Malawi | Mozambique | Namibia | South Africa | Swaziland | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
| Island states in the Indian Ocean | Comoros | Madagascar | Mauritius | Seychelles |
| Areas and others | Western Sahara |
