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CONAECDA

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CONAECDA
Conference of Autochthonous Ethnic Nationalities Communities Development Associations
PurposeCommunity development,language education,indigenous land rights
Location
Region served
Central and Northern Nigeria
Membership(2021)
15 states
Official language
Englishandindigenous languages of Nigeria
Secretary General
Suleman A.D. Sukukum

CONAECDA(acronymforConference of Autochthonous Ethnic Nationalities Communities Development Associations) is an organization that serves as a coalition of indigenous ethnic communities incentraland northernNigeria.[1]CONAECDA works in diverse areas such aslanguage development,[2]community development,andindigenous land rights.[3]It represents a few hundred indigenous groups that are spread across 15 Nigerian states.[4][5]

Overview

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CONAECDA has chapters in 15 Nigerian states, includingKogi State,[6]Benue State,Yobe State,[7]Kwara State,Plateau State,[8]Kaduna State,Bauchi State,Nassarawa State,Taraba State,Adamawa State,Niger State,and other states.

Many ethnic groups from theMiddle Beltof Nigeria have representatives with CONAECDA.[9]

The Secretary General of CONAECDA is Dr. Suleman A.D. Sukukum.[10]

Indigenous languages

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CONAECDA is active in promoting minority and local ethniclanguages in Nigeria.It has asked state governments in Nigeria to allow local ethnic languages to be taught in the educational system.[11]It has also organized workshops and conferences across Nigeria relating tolanguage development,language education,community development,andindigenous rights.[12][13][14]CONAECDA also collaborates withSIL Internationalonlanguage documentationand development.[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Northern groups vow: We will retrieve our lands from Fulani gunmen".Tribune Online.2021-08-14.Retrieved2022-01-16.
  2. ^"Language & Literature".Berom Educational and Cultural Organization.2021-02-26.Retrieved2022-01-16.
  3. ^"Groups vow to tackle criminality in northern Nigeria".Daily Post Nigeria.2021-08-14.Retrieved2022-01-16.
  4. ^"Indigenous northern ethnic groups move to resist Fulani herdsmen's attacks".Platinum Post News.2021-08-13.Retrieved2022-01-16.
  5. ^"We're Coming After You To Reclaim Our Lands, Communities – Coalition Of 400 Northern Groups Threatens Herdsmen".Sahara Reporters.2021-08-13.Retrieved2022-01-16.
  6. ^"CONAECDA Felicitates with Attah Igala, HRM Mathew Opaluwa on the Successful ascention of the throne".The Nigerian Post.2021-11-29.Retrieved2022-01-16.
  7. ^"Insecurity threatens existence of minority languages in Nigeria-CONAECDA".The Sun Nigeria.18 August 2019.Retrieved2022-01-16.
  8. ^Roger Blench (2018-12-02)."Kay Williamson Educational Foundation (KWEF) | Report to Trustees covering financial year 2017-2018"(PDF).Retrieved2022-01-17.
  9. ^"Middle Belt Groups allege Fulani herdsmen have taken over their ancestral homelands".Vanguard News.2016-05-03.Retrieved2022-01-16.
  10. ^Madugu, Ralph (2021-08-26)."We Are Coming to Recover our Lands – Autochthonous Communities to Land Grabbers".Retrieved2022-01-16.
  11. ^Blench, Roger (2020).An Atlas of Nigerian Languages(PDF).Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  12. ^"Language should be responsible tool for nationalism-Mike Rueck".Enduring News.2019-12-03.Retrieved2022-01-16.
  13. ^Blench, Roger. 2019.Old data and new technologies: the seamless integration of linguistics, literacy and translation for Nigerian minority languages.Jos Linguistic Circle, Jos, 13th March, 2019.
  14. ^Blench, Roger (2020-12-31). "Research on the Plateau languages of Central Nigeria".Afrika und Übersee.93.Hamburg University Press: 3–44.doi:10.15460/auue.2021.93.1.209(inactive 2024-04-07).{{cite journal}}:CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2024 (link)
  15. ^Ken Decker, John Muniru, Julius Dabet, Benard Abraham, Jonah Innocent. 2020.A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Kyoli (Cori) [cry] Language of Kaduna State, Nigeria.SIL International.
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