Staff Profiles: MSU National Language Institute
Dr. Allan Tapiwa Maganga
Position: Research Fellow
Research Interests:
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African Studies
Ethnolinguistic Studies
Dr. Beatrice Taringa
Position: Research Fellow
Research Interests:
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Language Education for National & Economic Development
Language Policy and Planning
Psycho &Sociolinguistics
Culture, Gender and Human Rights Issues
Community enhancement through Language Development
Dr Khoza Trenance
Position: Research Fellow
Research Interests:
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Language and Education
Language Policy and Planning
Communication
Mr Thamsanqa Maphosa
Position: Language Researcher
Research Interests:
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Translation
Language Policy and Planning
Ndebele Culture
Language and Education
Onomastics
Sinikiwe Mapangisana
Position: Language Researcher
Research Interests:
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Language and Gender
Speech Therapy
Language Planning and Policy
Ms Loice Ngomacheza
Position: Language Research Assistant
Research Interests:
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Chewa morphology
Language planning and policy
Translation and Interpretation
Challenges of language in teaching and learning
Miss Lister Matsilele
Position: Language Researcher
Research Interests:
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Translation
Interpretation
Typesetting
Research work
Article writing
Mr Obert Manyasa
Position: Software Developer (ML/NLP)
Research Interests:
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Low-Resource Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Machine Learning & Deep Learning Engineering
Applied AI for Language Technologies
Software Project Management for AI/ML
Mr Zwidzai Chinyowa
Position: Researcher
Research Interests:
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Language and Technology
Computational Linguistics
Language Digitisation
Mr. Tendai Chirimaunga
Position: Researcher - ChiBarwe
Research Interests:
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phonology
morphology
lexicography
terminography
translation and interpretation
sociolinguistics
language policy and planning
indigenous knowledge systems
Amon Mudenda
Position: Researcher - Tonga
Research Interests
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Onomastics
Tonga morphology
Tonga culture and gender
Education and culture
Marandure Mufaro
Position: Researcher Sign Language
Research Interests:
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Language and Education
Language Policy and Planning
Teacher Education
Community enhancement through Language Development
Ms NHEMACHENA NANCY
Position: Researcher – English
Research interests:
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Language Technology
Academic and Professional Communication
Language Policy and Planning
Language teaching
Literature
Bhasera Maruzani
Position: Researcher – Braille
Research interests:
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Inclusion of persons with disabilities
Braille technology
Visual impairment and braille
Deaf-blind and tactile signing
Disability in the community
MARETHA DUBE
Position: Researcher-Sotho
Research Interests
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Indigenous knowledge systems
Indigenous languages and education
Ms AGNES NOMBEMBE
Position: RESEARCHER-XHOSA
Research Interests:
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LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING
LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES
ONOMASTICS
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
Mrs Elina Mukutu
Position: Researcher - English
Research Interests:
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Phonetics and Phonology
Sociolinguistics
Academic and Professional Communication
Second Language Teaching and Learning
Hlalani Ndhlovu
Position: Researcher-Kalanga
Research Interests
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Indigenous Language Development through literature production
Indigenous Language Teaching And Learning
Comparative Studies For Zimbabwean Indigenous Language Orthographies For Dialectal Languages
Kalanga Folklore