South Africa to host 14th International Festival of Language and Culture

Date posted: March 25, 2016

The 14th International Festival of Language and Culture, South Africa, IFLCSA, will be held this April twenty first, at the Nelson Mandela Theatre in Johannesburg. The Festival is the largest and most prominent global project for promoting world languages and cultures. This year 16 countries including Azerbaijan, Brazil, Egypt, Germany, Bosnia, India, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Malawi, Phillipines, Senegal. Tanzania, Ukraine, USA, Zambia and South Africa will participate. Ilhami Dermitas is the co-ordinator of the festival and he joins us now to tell us more.

Source: Nafassi News , March 15, 2016

Tags: Education | Hizmet-inspired schools | South Africa | Turkish Olympiads |

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