Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Language from October 2008

On the first article of this series, we searched Brazilian websites that could tell us some stories about the haunts and the mythical beings of Brazilian folklore. Now, in the...

20 October 2008

Lebanon: Arabic Names

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

17 October 2008

Bahrain: Naked truth?

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Jamaica, U.S.A.: Joe the Metaphor?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

16 October 2008

Hong Kong: Teaching English

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

15 October 2008

Brazilian myths and haunts on the Lusosphere – Part 1

Written by Daniel Duende · Latin America

The first of three articles that will take us around the virtual campfire to hear stories about ghosts and enchantment from Brazilian folklore: Cuca, Negrinho do Pastoreio, Boitatá and Curupira,...

14 October 2008

Korea: Hangeul Proclamation Day

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

On the 9th of October, the day to celebrate the creation of the Korean writing system [Hangeul] returned. Since it was canceled as a national holiday, every year there has...

12 October 2008

Lusosphere: The origins of the American Banjo in Africa

Written by Paula Góes · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

9 October 2008

Japan: Verbal gaffs and Japanese politics

Written by Chris Salzberg · Quick Reads · East Asia

Kazakhstan: Language, Economics and Foreign Policy

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

The Kazakhstani authorities have again brought up the issue of state language. Kazakh language has been heavily depreciated in the Soviet times against the background of inculcation of Russian language....