ALMA: African Language Materials Archive
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audio, documents, human rights charters, music, newspapers, plays, poetry, storytelling, teaching materials, and videos in more than 20 African languages!
ALMA news
Here are the most recent new Malian musicians who have been added to the Language of African Music section of the ALMA site, performing in the language Bamanankan.- Maimouna Diarra Bamanankan
- Sidibé Foli Bamanankan
- Fousseyni Ouattara Bamanankan
- Assitan Tangara Bamanankan
ALMA Authors
Read texts from many languages & different writing systems
upper left: Adama Bamba, lower left: Mohamad Mahmud Niang, center: Tifinagh Script, upper right: Zeinabou Gondi, lower right: Elghamis Ramada
African Women Speak Out
Listen to oral histories of African women
top row: Hadja Aminatou Djima, Fatimata Madougou, Mariama Mahame, Haoua Ali bottom row: Zeinabou Hamadou, Rabi Yazi Dogo, Hadiza Boukaray, Laraba Illia
African Voices
Hear first-person stories from Africans in the diaspora
left: Yelimane Fall, top row: Ada Luntu, Zoliswa Mali bottom row: Akalpa John Akaligaung, Fatimata Coulibaly Sanogo
The Language of African Music
Experience audio and video of over 40 African musicians and groups.
top row: Kusasi Women's Songs, Lolig Tuopang bottom row: Farafina, Zarma Wedding songs
Know Your Rights!
Learn about this project to improve the accessibility of human rights charters.
left: Lamine Kane, center: Fatou Kiné Camara, right: Chafi Bakari
Some of the many contributors to ALMA
Zeinabu Kumanco, Pular Poet and Museum Curator in Labe, Republic of Guinea
Halima Sarmey wrote the history of Niger in Hausa
Mamou Rural Radio Station local language broadcasters and ALMA Director, Prof. John Hutchison
Daramani Tarawele, self-published Malian author with more than 100 Bamanankan titles
Youssouf Haidara, Songhai language author and editor, head of educational reform, Ministry of Education, Bamako, Mali