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John O. Adebayo (Jòhánù Adébáyọ̀) is a Yorùbá and West African Pidgin Instructor at the African Language Program (ALP), Department of African and African American Studies since Fall 2019. He teaches all levels of Yorùbá language and West African Pidgin...

Francis Akutey-Baffoe is from Kumasi in Ghana. He is a Preceptor of African Languages in the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Twi and Sociology, as well as a master’s degree in...

Amarachi Attamah-Ugwu is the Igbo language Instructor in the Harvard African Language Program. She is also an Igbo language instructor in the Directed Independent Language Program (DILP), for the Yale center for language study, Yale University. She was a...

Dr. Bojana Coulibaly is the African Language Program Manager. Prior to joining the ALP as a Wolof instructor and the ALP Manager, Dr. Coulibaly taught African studies at the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard between 2019 and...

Dr. Taiwo Oluwaseun Ehineni is a Preceptor of African Languages in the department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He earned a PhD in Linguistics with concentration in African Languages from Indiana University (Bloomington)...

Manar Hazzaa is the Egyptian Arabic Instructor in the Harvard African Language Program. She is an award-winning children’s book author and a visiting Research Fellow at the Language for Learning Lab at Harvard University. Hazzaa received her Master’s in...

John Mugane is the Professor of the Practice of African Languages and Cultures at Harvard University and the Director of the African Language Program. Mugane's research focuses on African Languages and Linguistics. He has directed the language program...

My name is Ntuli Qoboza-Akyeampong. I teach 2 South African languages: isiZulu and Setswana. I really enjoy teaching because everyday I have an opportunity to tell stories about the history and culture of my beloved country. I am married with 2 children.