The President,
Prof. Lendzemo Constantine Yuka
West African Linguistic Society (WALS)
Department of Linguistics and African Languages
University of Benin
P.M.B 1154, Benin City
West African Linguistic Society
Email: walspresident@uniben.edu
Lendzemo Constantine Yuka is a Professor of Linguistics in the University of Benin, Nigeria. He specializes in Southern Bantoid languages and has worked extensively on Lamnso’ spoken in the greater part of Bui Division in the North West Region of Cameroon and in Sarduana Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria. Yuka, who is widely published is a strong advocate of the use of indigenous African languages in education. He is the President of the West African Linguistic Society (WALS); the current Editor-in-Chief of the highly reputed Nigerian Journal of the Humanities (NJH), Cambridge Scholars Publishing and Editor-in-Chief of the Coaxial Journal of Linguistics Studies (JoLS). He is the current Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Benin.
Past Presidents of WALS
Professor Joseph H. Greenberg 1965-1970
Professor Maurice Houis 1970-1976
Professor Ayo Bamgboṣe 1976-1982
Professor Marcel Bit Ba Njock 1982-1990
Professor Gibert Ansre 1990-2004
Professor Ben Ohi Elugbe 2004-2013
Professor Firmin Ahoua 2013-2012
Professor Lendzemo C. Yuka 2021- Date
The Secretary-Treasurer,
Dr. Silué N. Jibril
E-mail: wals-slao.secretariat@ufhb.edu.ci
The Secretary-Treasurer, under the authority of the President, implements the policies of the Council, conducts the correspondences, prepares the documents, and sees to the proper administration of the financial and other resources of the Society and to the discharging of its financial obligations.
Past Secretary-Treasurers of WALS
Dr. (later Prof) Ayo Bamgboṣe 1965-1972
Dr. (later Prof) Lawrence Boadi 1972-1980
Dr. E. Nee Mensah 1980-2000
Dr. Nobert Nikièma 2000-2004
Prof Firmin Ahoua 2004-2013
Prof Lendzemo C. Yuka 2013-2021
Dr. Djibril Silué 2021-Date