The African Academy of Languages (ACALAN; French: Académie Africaine des Langues; Portuguese: Academia Africana de Línguas or ACALIN) is a Pan-African organization founded in 2001 by Mali's then-president Alpha Oumar Konaré for the development and promotion of African languages.
The first head of ACALAN was Mali's former minister of Basic Education Adama Samassekou.
[1] Since creation the ACALAN has participated in a number of projects across Africa from the development of a linguistic atlas of Africa to the Harmonization and standardization of the writing systems of Vehicular Cross-border Languages such as Fulfulde, Hausa, and Mandenkan.
[2] From December 2009 until August 2015, Prof. Sozinho Francisco Matsinhe of Mozambique led ACALAN.
[3] Dr. Lang Fafa Dampha succeeded him on an acting basis and then since January 2019 with full title.