Rhodes University is committed to excellence in research and to developing and maintaining a culture of research. As a result Rhodes actively fosters postgraduate studies and the production of innovative and creative Honours and Master’s graduates
To promote and advance scholarship in African languages,
To promote multilingualism through 1st and 2nd language programmes, and
To facilitate student access and retention, particularly of historically disadvantaged students.
Our aim is to further the intellectualisation of isiXhosa so that it can be used across disciplines at various levels of education. Objectives of the African Language Studies Department
Students in African Language Studies can be assured of the real practice of ubuntu (the spirit of humanity, sharing and togetherness).
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