26/05/2026
Following Africa Day reflections this week, I found myself revisiting this video recorded for last yearβs Kannaland KonneKt Festival October 2025 in collaboration with Heal the Hood.
Although we never got the opportunity to screen it during the festival, it feels important to share it now as part of ongoing conversations around language, identity and belonging.
Een van die gesprekke wat ons ondersoek het, was taal, identiteit en waar ons voel ons hoort. Veral rondom Kaaps, en die belangrikheid daarvan om die verskillende maniere waarop Afrikaans gepraat word, te erken en te vier.
Professor Quentin Williams, linguist and researcher, speaks here about the Kaaps Dictionary project developed together with Emile Jansen and others.
Ons was baie gelukkig toe Heal the Hood verlede jaar saam met verskillende skole gewerk het. Die manier waarop hulle taal, Kaaps en storievertelling benader het, het ruimte geskep vir kinders om hulself natuurlik uit te druk, kreatief te wees en met trots te praat oor waar hulle vandaan kom.
Taal dra herinnering, geskiedenis, weerstand, kreatiwiteit en identiteit. Om mense se taal te erken, is ook om hul stories en herkoms te erken.
Language carries memory, history, resistance, creativity and identity. Honouring the way people speak is also part of honouring where they come from.
If you would like to connect with Professor Quentin Williams around the Kaaps Dictionary project, including access for schools or libraries, please feel free to reach direct to him at his team at UWC.