Book of Mormon Translations
Below are the years the Book of Mormon was translated into various African languages. Although Afrikaans is derived from the Dutch language, and not "native" to Africa, I mention it here because of its development in Africa. Some African countries have European languages as some of their official languages (i.e. French, English, etc), but I have not included them.
- 1973 - Afrikaans (D&C and PofGP, 1981)
- 1978 - Zulu (South Africa)
- 1983 - Efik (Nigeria)
- 1983 - Kisii (Kenya)
- 1985 - Arabic (N. Africa)
- 1986 - Malagasy (Madagascar)
- 1987 - Akan-Fante [selections] (Ghana); retranslated in 2003
- 1988 - Shona (Zimbabwe)
- 1998 - Lingala (Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire) [selections]; full completed in 2004
- 2000 - Amharic (Ethiopia)
- 2000 - Igbo (Nigeria)
- 2000 - Swahili
- 2000 - Xhosa (South Africa)
- 2003 - Tswana (Botswana)
- 2003 - Zulu (South Africa)
- 2005 - Akan-Twi (Ghana)
- 2007 - Yoruba (Nigeria)
Sources: various Ensign articles. A big thank you to Bookslinger for updates to this list (18 March 2006).
