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Nancy C. Kula
Nancy C. Kula (born 1971, Ndola, Ndola, Zambia) is a linguist with a specialisation in the phonology and Morphology (linguistics), morphology of Bantu languages. She also works on language policy and education and other issues related to multilingualism in the African context. Since 2024 she is Chair (professorship), Chair Professor of African linguistics, African Linguistics at Leiden University. Academic life and research Nancy Kula earned her PhD in 2002 at Leiden University, with a dissertation entitled, ''The phonology of verbal derivation in Bemba''. (She is a native speaker of Copperbelt Bemba language, Bemba.) Following her PhD, she held Postdoctoral researcher, post-doc positions, funded by a VENI grant (Dutch Research Council, NWO), at Leiden University (LUCL) and SOAS University of London, SOAS before joining the faculty of the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex in 2007. She became a professor of linguistics at Essex in 2016 and also held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ndola
Ndola is the third largest city in Zambia in terms of size and population, with a population of 627,503 (''2022 census''), after the capital, Lusaka, and Kitwe, and the second largest in terms of infrastructure development after Lusaka. It is the Industrial city, industrial and Commerce, commercial center of the Copperbelt, Zambia's copper extraction, copper-mining region, and capital of Copperbelt Province. It lies just from the border with DR Congo. It is also home to Zambia's first modern stadium, the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium. History What is now Ndola was first inhabited by the Lamba people (Zambia), Lamba people led by Senior Chief Chiwala, the Lamba people migrated from the Luba-Lunda kingdom around 1600 and the town of Ndola was under Chief Mushili for some time but now it is under Chief Chiwala who came to the Lambaland during the slave trade from Malawi. The name Ndola is derived from the river, which originates in the Kaloko Hills and drains in the Kafubu River (Zambia), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
