Department of African Languages

Ms N Nyakambi (IsiXhosa)

College of Human Sciences
School of Arts
Department: African Languages
Lecturer
Tel: 012 352 4104
E-mail: enyakan@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • Master of Social Sciences in African Languages Rhodes University 2021
  • BA Honours of Social Sciences in African Languages Rhodes University 2018
  • BA in Linguistics isiXhosa, English and Applied Language Studies Nelson Mandela University 2017

Currently teaching

  • Literature
  • Communication dynamics
  • Second Language communication

Fields of academic interests

  • Literature
  • Forensic linguistics/ Language and Law
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Language studies

Field of Specialisation

  • Literature
  • Forensic Linguistics/ Language and Law

Paper presentations

  • 2019: The use of African Languages in traditional courts of Luyengweni (African Language Association of Southern Africa: ALASA) University of Free State.
  • 2018: The use of imojis in court communication. (Forensic Linguistic conference) Rhodes University.

Projects

  • Community Engagement
  • 2018-2019 Rhodes University community engagement: Literacy isiXhosa programme).