Guest: Prof. Tessa Dowling, Senior Lecture at UCT in African Languages. Host: Linzi Bourhill, Cape Talk, Late Nights Show Producer: Oyama Buso Topic: Using Language as a resource Linzi Bourhill speaks to Professor Tessa Dowling, Senior lecture at UCT in the African Languages. February 21 is the International Mother Language Day. Proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in November 1999, the day has been observed every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.