The 4th Indigenous Languages and the Media Seminar concluded at the University of Fort Hare’s East London Campus, KuGompo, with a clarion call for South Africans to embrace and promote their home languages across all communication and media platforms, particularly on social media.
The seminar, held under the theme “Rooted in Language: Indigenous Media as a Platform for Belonging and Cultural Continuity,” brought together approximately 150 delegates, including journalists, editors, language practitioners, traditional leaders, academics, journalism students, community media publishers and civil society language activists from across South Africa.
Hosted by the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), in partnership with the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB), the University of Fort Hare, and the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA), the seminar explored the future of indigenous languages in the media, the challenges posed by the digital age and artificial intelligence, and strategies to strengthen indigenous-language journalism and content creation.
Please see the complete statement on www.sanef.org.za
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