| Description |
xii, 228 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-220) and index. |
| Contents |
Africa's linguistic legacy : between expansionism & nationalism -- Language & race in the Black experience : an African perspective -- African languages in the African-American experience -- Linguistic Eurocentrism & African counter-penetration : Ali Mazrui & the global frontiers of language -- Language & the quest for liberation : the legacy of Frantz Fanon -- Language in a multicultural context : the African experience -- Language planning & gender planning : some African perspectives -- Language policy & the foundations of democracy : an African perspective -- Language policy & the rule of law in 'anglophone' Africa -- Dominant languages in a plural society : English & Kiswahili in post-colonial East Africa -- A tale of two Englishes : the imperial language in post-colonial Kenya & Uganda -- Roots of Kiswahili : colonialism, nationalism & the dual heritage -- The secularization of an Afro-Islamic language : church, state & marketplace in the spread of Kiswahili -- Conclusion : the linguistic balance sheet : post-Cold War, post-apartheid & beyond structural adjustment. |
| Subject |
Sociolinguistics -- Africa.
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Africa -- Languages.
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| Added Author |
Mazrui, Alamin M.
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| ISBN |
0226514293 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0226514285 (alk. paper) |
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