Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching in Multilingual Deaf Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa

In Africa, the discussion on the language for deaf education has always centred on the official recognition of sign languages in Africa. Interestingly, just as many African countries have been bequeathed with foreign languages as official languages, foreign-based sign languages are used in many African countries for deaf education. The average educated deaf signer in most African communities has knowledge of at least two sign languages and one …