Eyasu Tamene, a linguist working with Ethiopian Deaf Association, have informed me that Addis Ababa University will start the new degree in Sign Language and Deaf Studies next year. That means there is now an option for Deaf people in Eastern Africa to develop their skills - Africa do need more sign linguists, especially the ones who are Deaf and fluent in their signed languages.
Shiku and I are trying to support two smart Kenyans to become qualified linguists - Austine Otieno at Maseno and our Evans who is now at Machakos Teachers College being trained to be a P1 teacher. Austine have applied for a place at KISE to do the Special Education Diploma which he hope to continue on at Kenyatta University. Or even at AAU! We will see how we can afford it for Austine and Evans in Addis Ababa - fingers crossed.
The pic below is the Addis Ababa University - that palace used to be one of the Emperor's Palaces. Nice statues by the way!
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