Workshop Committee

The WOCAL Committee on African Sign Languages (CASL) was established in 2018 to provide continuity between WOCAL conferences every three years and to liaise with the Local WOCAL Committee to organize the African Sign Languages Workshop (held at every WOCAL since 2008). Contact the committee at this address:

The constitution governing the Committee can be found here.

Committee (2024-2027)Role
Sam Lutalo-Kiingi (Uganda)Chair
Margaret Odhiambo (Kenya/Germany)Vice ChairMargaret Odhiambo, Vice Chair
Marta Morgado (Portugal)Co-SecretaryMarta Morgado, Co-Secretary
Hope E. Morgan (Germany)Co-SecretaryHope Morgan Co-Secretary
Eric Khamadi (Kenya)Technical liaisonEric Kamathi
Leonida Kaula (Kenya)Interpreter representativeLeonida Kaula, interpreter representative

Committee (2021-2024)Role
Evans N. Burichani (Kenya)Chair,
Local Committee Liaison
Yédê Adama Sanogo (Ivory Coast)Vice Chair
Hope E. Morgan (Germany)Secretary
Victoria Nyst (Netherlands)Elder
Yves Beosso (Chad)PR, Member-at-large
Leonida Kaula Local Committee Liaison
with University of Nairobi


Committee (2018-2021)Role
Evans N. Burichani (Kenya)Chair
Yédê Adama Sanogo (Ivory Coast)Vice Chair
Hope E. Morgan (Germany)Secretary
Victoria Nyst (Netherlands)Local Committee Liaison
with Leiden University
Yves Beosso (Chad)PR, Member-at-large