Gerda-Elisabeth Wittmann Editor

Collen Sabao is a Professor of Linguistics, Literature and Communication, and Head of Department for the Department of Humanities and Arts at the University of Namibia. He is a Research Associate in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Prof. Sabao’s research interests lie in the areas of Phonetics and Phonology, Political Discourse, Media Discourse, Pan Africanism, Afrocentricity, Appraisal Theory, Argumentation, World Literatures and Rhetoric.

Petrus Angula Mbenzi is an Associate Professor for Oshiwambo at the University of Namibia. He teaches Oshiwambo advanced linguistics, orature and Oshiwambo for beginners. He acts as an ambassador for the annual Oshakati Totem EXPO and regular presenter of oral tradition on Oshiwambo Radio Service. His research interests include lexicography, onomastics, orature, sociolinguistics, and linguistics.

Gerda-Elisabeth Wittmann is a Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Namibia. Dr Wittmann’s research interests lie in the teaching and learning of German as a Foreign language, German in Southern Africa, language politics and teacher professional development. She is an educationalist at heart and serves in the Scientific Advisory Committee for the International German Teachers’ Conference. Dr Wittmann is responsible locally, for the DAAD-funded project SANDD – Sub-Saharan Africa Network GFL Digital.