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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello ASU friends! I wanted to thank all of you who attended/participated in our program last night dedicated to Dr. Negash’s translation of The Conscript and Africa’s languages! I thought the program revealed that one of the real strengths of our Africa community here is that you all are proud of your languages and want to participate in honoring and preserving them as important means of telling the rest of the world what is in your hearts. Congratulations to Michael Kwame Ofori and his crew for an innovative program!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Steve Howard<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Director, African Studies Program and Graduate Director, <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i> Center for International Studies <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Professor, School of Media Arts and Studies<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>