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The histories of an enlightened ruler: Malam Muhamman Bitemya Sambo, Garbosa II of Donga, Central Nigeria (2021)
Journal Article
Fardon, R., & Furniss, G. (2021). The histories of an enlightened ruler: Malam Muhamman Bitemya Sambo, Garbosa II of Donga, Central Nigeria. Vestiges, 7(2), 28-61

Muhamman Bitemya Sambo (1902-82), who became Garbosa II, the seventh Gara Donga (1931-82), took more than thirty years to complete a history of his own Chamba people in 1956, Labarun Chambawa da Al’Amurransu. Garbosa II’s successor, together with rep... Read More about The histories of an enlightened ruler: Malam Muhamman Bitemya Sambo, Garbosa II of Donga, Central Nigeria.

Turner, Victor Witter (1920–1983) (2004)
Book Chapter
Fardon, R. (2004). Turner, Victor Witter (1920–1983). In H. Matthew, & B. Harrison (Eds.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press

African broadcast cultures (2000)
Book Chapter
Furniss, G., & Fardon, R. (2000). African broadcast cultures. In G. Furniss, & R. Fardon (Eds.), African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition (1-20). James Currey

African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition (2000)
Book
Fardon, R., & Furniss, G. (Eds.). (2000). African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition. James Currey

African Languages, Development and the State (1994)
Book
Fardon, R., & Furniss, G. (Eds.). (1994). African Languages, Development and the State. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203422571

This shows that multilingusim does not pose for Africans the problems of communication that Europeans imagine and that the mismatch between policy statements and their pragmatic outcomes is a far more serious problem for future development