WELCOME
The place of English in the world.
With up to 2 billion speakers worldwide, English is
arguably the largest language in the world today by number of speakers.
I would like to take the opportunity of this short
welcome message to thank you for taking time to visit the website of the
English Academy of Southern Africa (EASA). The English Academy of Southern
Africa has behind it a rich history of facilitating the study and cultivation
of the English language through speech and writing in Southern Africa over a
period spanning the last sixty years. It is my sincere hope and trust that our
website will assist you to access all the various events and activities that we
plan and execute each year in pursuit of our stated vision and mission, even as
we also take due cognizance of the state and status of Southern Africa as a
region in transition.
The English Academy of Southern Africa works in close
association with a number of other national and international bodies such as
the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS), and
the English National Language Board (ENLB) among others, which are all involved
in the propagation, study and use of English. The academy also works closely
with academic departments of English in universities and the school system with
a purpose to continually develop and showcase English as a significant language
of the world.
Finally, this welcome note would be incomplete without
mentioning the academy’s prestigious awards and competitions, which cut across
all literary genres such as prose, poetry, drama and more, including our
prestigious annual public lectures and commemorative events that take place on
a regular basis. The academy also runs a flagship scholarly journal, the
internationally indexed and accredited English
Academy Review to which researchers, scholars and academics in English are
particularly encouraged to contribute.
I wish you a wonderful experience as you surf our
website in the hope and expectation that you will not only find time to join
the academy or renew your membership, but also to network and participate in
our various activities as we celebrate English as one of the world’s most
widely spoken languages.
Thank You.
Professor Owen Seda, President of EASA.
