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Master's

MA African Languages and Academic Communication (Online)

African Future University

African Future University

Master's

MA African Languages and Academic Communication (Online)

African Future University

African Future University (online)

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Tuition

Free (online)

Degree

M.A.

Delivery

Full-time · Online

Duration

2 years (18 mo)

Language & requirements

Taught in: English, French

Tuition fees

  • INTERNATIONALFree (online)

About African Future University

Fully online African digital university with French and English pathways.

Overview

African Future University’s tuition-free online MA in African Languages and Academic Communication is for editors, lecturers, and communications officers who must move meaning between African languages and English or French academic registers. You will study terminology, translation ethics, and low-bandwidth publishing—not a claim that one master’s certifies every language of the continent. English and French assessment options sit beside supervised work in a language you actually command. Rural radio, campus notices, and scholarly abstracts are the core genres. Capstones use a documented language pair you can evidence, not a decorative list of tongues.

Delivered fully online with live seminars, recorded lectures, and tutor support.

**Award:** African Future University **Credits:** 36 | **Typical duration:** 2 years (18 months)

Course structure

4 terms · 16 modules · 36 credits

Module 1: Registers

  • AFU681·Academic English and Academic French as Contact Varieties
    3 credits
  • AFU682·African Language Standardisation Debates as Practice
    3 credits
  • AFU683·Terminology for Higher Education
    3 credits
  • AFU684·Audience, Prestige, and Gatekeeping
    3 credits

Module 2: Translation ethics

  • AFU685·Documented Method versus Invisible Labour
    3 credits
  • AFU686·Untranslatables and Calques
    3 credits
  • AFU687·Editing Multilingual Manuscripts
    3 credits
  • AFU688·Community Review without Extraction
    3 credits

Module 3: Genres and channels

  • AFU689·Abstracts, Notices, and Policy Briefs
    3 credits
  • AFU690·Radio Scripts and Low-Bandwidth Publishing
    3 credits
  • AFU691·EN/FR Administration of Language Programmes
    3 credits
  • AFU692·Digital Archives when Connectivity Fails
    3 credits

Module 4: Capstone

  • AFU693·Research Methods in Language and Communication
    3 credits
  • AFU694·Language-Pair Portfolio
    3 credits
  • AFU695·Ethics Dossier
    3 credits
  • AFU696·Capstone: Multilingual Academic Communication File
    3 credits

Learning outcomes

  • Apply discipline-specific theory to complex professional problems
  • Design and execute research or applied projects to postgraduate standard
  • Communicate findings clearly to academic and industry audiences
  • Demonstrate ethical, inclusive practice in global workplaces

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