Biennial Congress Meetings

The Biennial Congress has been held in the following countries

The West African Languages Congress (WALC) meets every other year. It is in such Congresses that members present their scholarly research findings for scientific purposes. Such congresses seek solutions to the linguistic problems, language planning tasks, educational and social development challenges of the West African region.
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1961 - 2023

Biennial Congress Meetings

Ghana

(Accra)
1961

Cameroon

(Yaounde)
1966

Nigeria

(Lagos)
1967

Côte d'Ivoire

(Abidjan)
1969

Sierra Leone

(Freetown)
1970

Ghana

(Accra)
1972

Cameroon

(Yaounde)
1974

Nigeria

(Ile Ife)
1976

Sierra Leone

(Freetown)
1978

Benin

(Cotonou)
1980

Nigeria

(Port Harcourt)
1982

Cameroon

(Yaounde)
1985

Nigeria

(Ibadan)
1986

Niger

(Niamey)
1988

Ghana

(Accra)
1990

Burkina Faso

(Ouagadougou)
1994

Côte d'Ivoire

(Abidjan)
1998

Cameroon

(Buea)
2002

Nigeria

(Ibadan)
2004

Nigeria

(Ibadan)
2006

Ghana

(Legon)
2008

Côte d'Ivoire

(Abidjan)
2011

Nigeria

(Ibadan)
2013

Benin

(Abomey-Calavi)
2015

Ghana

(Winneba)
2017

Côte d'Ivoire

(Abidjan)
2019

Nigeria

(Lagos)
2021

Ghana

(Legon)
2023