"If your God is so mighty, why doesn't He speak my language?"

A Cakchiquel (Guatemala) man to SIL founder William Cameron Townsend

La recherche scientifique, un facteur de production de richesses

La SIL a mis sa voix au service de la grande famille de la Recherche scientifique qui s’est réunie dans la Région du Sud cette semaine. Lors des 1ères Journées d’excellence de la Recherche scientifique et de l’innovation de cette région tenues à Ebolowa, le Directeur Général par intérim de la SIL Monsieur Lawrence Marc Seguin a pris la parole au nom de tous les partenaires de la recherche au Cameroun...

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HIV/AIDS was speaking my mother tongue

Some years ago my elder brother passed on after a long illness. According to tradition, his immediate follower inherited his wife. He too passed away. Later on, the implicated woman accused of witchcraft died too...

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SIL Research Featured at JERSIC 2009

The Cameroon Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation has just organized the second edition of the JERSIC “Week of Excellence in Scientific Research and Innovation in Cameroon”. This is a national and international opportunity given to different researchers working in Cameroon to show to the public their results...

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New Translation Training Put to the Test

The Bamenda Regional Office of SIL Cameroon hosted a brand new course - Training in Exegetical Principles (TEP). The goal of this course was to teach students from Aghem, Babanki and Pinyin languages, three languages spoken in the Northwest region of Cameroon skills in exegesis which they could then apply in their language work...

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Bafut proverb

You are the type of person who would dirty the water just because you don't have a calabash.