University of Cologne · Institute for African Studies

WOCAL 6 · Cologne

Organisational Structure of WOCAL 6

Congress Chairperson

• Matthias Brenzinger

Congress Secretary

• Anne-Maria Fehn

Congress Organizing Committee

• Bernd Heine
• Anne Storch

Academic Congress Committee

• Gerrit J. Dimmendaal (Language Contact)
• Abdel Rahim Mugaddam (Language Contact)
• Roland Kiessling (Morpho-Syntax)
• Tucker Childs (Language Documentation)
• Ian Maddieson (Phonetics and Phonology)
• Zygmunt Frayzyngier (Typology)
• Ekkehard Wolff (Sociolinguistics)
• Arvi Hurskainen (Language Technology)
• James G. Bennett (Language and Development)
• Al-Amin Abu-Manga (Nubian-Workshop)
• Victoria Nyst (African Sign Languages-Workshop)
• Shane Gilchrist (African Sign Languages-Workshop)
• Rezenet Moges (African Sign Languages-Workshop)
• Dany Adone (African Sign Languages-Workshop)

Arrangements Committees

Programme co-ordination

Ways and Means Committee

Registration and Finances

Accommodations

Meals – Coffee

Excursion

Public relations

WOCAL Standing Committee

• Herman Batibo: WOCAL President (Botswana)
• Matthias Brenzinger: WOCAL Secretary General (Germany)
• Raphael Kaboré (France)
• Ayo Bamgbose (Nigeria)
• Maarten Mous (The Netherlands)
• Zelealem Leyew (Ethiopia)
• Ekkehard Wolff (Germany)
• Josephat Rugemalira (Tanzania)
• Al Mtenje (Malawi)
• Margarida Maria Taddoni Petter (Brasil)
• Akinbiyi Akinlabi (USA)
• † Kezie Lébikaza (Togo)

Co-opted members of the WOCAL Standing Committee

• Karsten Legère (Sweden)
• Neville Alexander (South Africa)
• Adama Samassekou (Mali)