#  The African Language Program at Harvard 

 



##  African Languages at Harvard 

AAAS Department Chair, Lawrence D. Bobo, and ALP Director, John Mugane, with ALP Instructors

 

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##  Learning Resources 

 



 [### ASK-DL Library Project

 ](/ASK-DL) 

 

 [### ELIAS Language Project

 ](/ELIAS) 

 

 [### Harvard Resources

 ](/harvard-language-resources) 

 

 [### Frequently Asked Questions

 ](/african-language-program-frequently-asked-questions) 

 

 [### Student Advising

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##  Language Courses 

Sort#### [AAAS 20](/introduction-african-languages-and-cultures)



#### [Afrikaans](/afrikaans)



#### [Amharic](/amharic)



#### [Bamanakan](/bamanakan)



#### [Bemba](/bemba)



#### [Cape Verdean Creole](/cape-verdean-creole)



#### [Chichewa](/chichewa)



#### [Dinka](/dinka)



#### [Gikuyu](/gikuyu)



#### [Haitian Creole](/haitian-creole)



#### [Hassaniyah](/hassaniyah)



#### [Hausa](/hausa)



#### [Ibibio](/ibibio)



#### [Igbo](/igbo)



#### [Jamaican Patois](/jamaican-patois)



#### [Kikongo](/kikongo)



#### [Kinyarwanda](/kinyarwanda)



#### [Krio](/krio)



#### [Lingala](/lingala)



#### [Luganda](/projects.iq.harvard.edu/alp/luganda)



#### [Malagasy](/malagasy)



#### [Oromo](/oromo)



#### [Pulaar](/pulaar)



#### [Setswana](/setswana)



#### [Shona](/shona)



#### [Somali](/somali)



#### [Sudanese Arabic](/sudanese-arabic)



#### [Swahili](/swahili)



#### [Tigrinya](/tigrinya)



#### [Tshiluba](/tshiluba)



#### [Twi](/twi)



#### [Wolof](/wolof)



#### [Xhosa](/xhosa)



#### [Yoruba](/yoruba)



#### [Zulu](/zulu)











 

##  ALP News Feed 

 



  [### ALP Theater Night Fall 2025

 ](/news/alp-theater-night-0) November 11, 2025 

 ALP Theater Nights will take place on November 11 and 12 from 5pm to 7pm in the Thompson Room at Barker Center. 

 

 

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