About Us
Membership Membership of this Network shall remain open to any West African Citizen
with solid knowledge of Arabic, English and French who is a holder of a degree,
diploma or certificate in the fields of translation and interpretation and who has
a reasonable number of years of practical experience in these fields at the national
and international levels. It will work also with interested Arabic scholars in Africa
and elsewhere . Members of Association of Conference Translators and Interpreters
(AITC) and International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC) with Arabic
as one of their major working languages shall also qualify for membership.sensisitization
among scholars, irrespective of their religious or ethnic differences and backgrounds,
on the importance of Arabic as one of the African languages on the continent.
Admission
Admission shall be subject to submission of a CV and recommendation from relevant
institutions, and conference organizations.
Our Team
Hamid Mohammed Ibrahim, renowned Ghanaian Educationist, Librarian, Researcher, formerly
of the University of Ghana, Legon, Tutor Ghana Institute of Languages, Accra Ghana.
Currently Translator OAU/AU. Has worked as translator for ILO, UNESCO, IGAD etc.
Founding Members
- Sheikh Mustapha Ndiaye, a renowned Senegalese Educationist, Researcher of IFAN,
Translator and Reviser (OAU/AU, ECA, OIC, IDB, CINSAD etc..).
- Mr. MIS Gassama, a renowned Gambian Educationalist, Diplomat, Writer, Poet, Translator
and Reviser OAU/AU, ECA, OIC, IDB etc.
- Ambassador Baba Drammeh, a renowned Gambian Educationist, Researcher, Civil Servant
and translator, IDB, OIC, AU etc.
- Mr. Momdou Lamin Yaffa, a renowned Gambian Educationist, Researcher, Civil Servant
and Trilingual Translator and Interpreter, IDB, OIC, AU etc.
- Mr. Mustapha Dem, a versatile Senegalese Economist, Translator etc.
- Abou Mahamman Lawan, a renowned educationist, translator, interpreter from Niger,
UNECA, CINSAD etc.
- Mohamed Lemine Ould Allal, a renowned journalist, expert in communication, translator
and interpreter from Mauritania.
- Mr. Edally Gassama, trilingual translator -interpreter (French Arabic, English)
Formerly Head of Conferences at the ICC, The Hague.
- Mr. AbduRahmane Diop, a renowned Senegalese Translator, Head of Translation and
Interpretation, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Mr. Mohamed Lamine BIYE, a renowned Mauritanian interpreter ( Arabic French, French
Arabic).