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Travel Photography Scholarship 2012entry

Ghana | Tuesday, November 13, 2012 | 5 photos

A Rwandan national, Kayigema Lwaboshi Jacques grew up in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He holds the first university degree, ‘Graduat’, in English and African Culture, and the second, ‘Licence’, in English from Bukavu Institute of Higher Education, DRC. Kayigema Jacques is both an MA and DLitt et Phil (Doctor of Literature and Philosophy) holder in African Languages from the University of South Africa (UNISA). Kayigema has been teaching English Language and related subjects at secondary and tertiary levels since he graduated in 1982.

Currently he is working for the Adventist University of Central Africa as a lecturer in the Department of Languages. He has held other positions in the same academic institution such as Academic Registrar, Head of Department, and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Education.

His special interest is sociolinguistics, with emphasis on language contact. He writes articles on loanword allocation, teaching English as an official language, and English as a Global Language. Apart from the current publication with LAP, Germany, he is working on a book about the wonders of nature in the local language.