Basic documents on language policy in Africa from http://www.bisharat.net/Documents/

Second Extraordinary Meeting of the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union … Plan of Action (Revised August 2006)

Second Extraordinary Meeting of the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union (COMEDAF II+), Maputo, Mozambique, 4-8 September 2006. Maputo Declaration

PanAfrican Localisation Workshop, Casablanca, Morocco, 13-15 June 2005: Casablanca Statement

Accra 2005 Conference (WSIS II prepcom): Agenda of Workshop on “African Languages & Open Source Software: Creativity in the Service of African Renaissance” [opens new window as .pdf image; source - http://www.wsisaccra2005.gov.gh]
Accra 2005 Conf.: Background, Objective, & Expected Outcomes of Workshop on “African Languages & Open Source Software: …” [opens new window as .pdf image; source - http://www.wsisaccra2005.gov.gh] Bamako 2002 Conference (WSIS I prepcom): Report of the African Languages & Internet Workshop

“A brief survey of the implementation of the recommendations, resolutions, decisions, plans and programmes on African languages at the governmental level: The case of the OAU” by Marcel Diouf for the African Consultation for validation of the African Academy of Languages project, 25-27 May 2001 [opens new window]

Bamako 2000 Declaration
Bamako 2000 Plan of Action

The Asmara Declaration on African Languages and Literatures [opens new window]

Summary of the Intergovernmental Conference on Language Policies in Africa
Harare Declaration of the Intergovernmental Conference on Language Policies in Africa
Plan of Action of the Intergovernmental Conference on Language Policies in Africa
(PDF image file of the conference document composed of the above three sections) [opens new window; in .pdf format]
“Language Policies in Africa: Intergovernmental Conference on Language Policies in Africa,” Harare, Zimbabwe, 17-21 March 1997. Final report by Herbert Chimhundu (edited by Karsten Legere) (UNESCO 2002) [opens new window; in .pdf format]

Regional Workshop on Cross-Border Languages, Okahandja, Namibia, 23-27 September 1996. Programme.
Regional Workshop on Cross-Border Languages, …. Welcoming Address.
Regional Workshop on Cross-Border Languages, …. Opening Speech.
Regional Workshop on Cross-Border Languages, …. Recommendations.
Regional Workshop on Cross-Border Languages, …. Closing Speech.

Draft Charter for the Promotion of African National Languages in Education (issued by a Pan-African Seminar held in Accra, 26-30 August 1996)

Language Plan of Action for Africa (of the OAU) (1986)

Preface & Annotated Agenda of the Meeting of experts on the use of the regional or subregional African languages as media of culture and communication with the continent, Bamako (Mali), 18-22 June 1979.
Report of the Meeting of experts … Bamako (Mali), 18-22 June 1979.

Summary of “African languages: proceedings of the meeting of experts on the transcription and harmonization of African languages, Niamey (Niger), 17-21 July 1978.”
Sommaire de “Langues africaines: Documents de la réunion d’experts sur la transcription et l’harmonisation des langues africaines, Niamey (Niger), 17-21 juillet 1978.”
Annex: “African Reference Alphabet.” / Annexe: “Alphabet africain de référence.”

Cultural Charter for Africa adopted by the OAU, July 1976, Port-Louis (Mauritius) [opens new window; in .pdf format]

Pan-African Cultural Manifesto (OAU, First All-African Cultural Festival, Algiers, July/August 1969) [opens new window]

Rapport UNESCO, sur la réunion d’experts tenue à Bamako en 1966 pour la transcription des langues africaines

“Réunion d’experts sur l’utilisation de la langue maternelle pour l’alphabétisation,” Sections I-VI du Ch. 2 dans Langues et politiques de langues en Afrique noire : l’Expérience de l’UNESCO (A.I. Sow, éd.)

“Conférence Régionale sur la Planification et l’Organisation des Programmes d’Alphabétisation en Afrique,” Ch. 1 dans Langues et politiques de langues en Afrique noire : l’Expérience de l’UNESCO (A.I. Sow, éd.)  (1964)

Practical Orthography of African Languages (rev. ed.), International Institute of African Languages and Cultures, London, 1930