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Linguists and laypeople will find in Language, Society, and Empowerment in Africa and Its Diaspora an ambitious, methodical, and optimistic approach to positioning African language as fundamental to identity, economic advancement, and unity on the continent and in the diaspora. Professor Ojo's mapping of practical pathways for African economic and socio-cultural strength through indigenous language promotion and use will be a beneficial guide for students, educators, leaders, and policy makers. His examination of the connections between African and African American language patterns is a compelling and useful demonstration of the role language can play in identity and empowerment in the African diaspora, and bravely posits language as a unifying force on both the continent and in the diaspora.--Laura Edmunds, Georgia State University

"""Linguists and laypeople will find in Language, Society, and Empowerment in Africa and Its Diaspora an ambitious, methodical, and optimistic approach to positioning African language as fundamental to identity, economic advancement, and unity on the continent and in the diaspora. Professor �j�'s mapping of practical pathways for African economic and socio-cultural strength through indigenous language promotion and use will be a beneficial guide for students, educators, leaders, and policy makers. His examination of the connections between African and African American language patterns is a compelling and useful demonstration of the role language can play in identity and empowerment in the African diaspora, and bravely posits language as a unifying force on both the continent and in the diaspora."" --Laura Edmunds, Georgia State University"

"""Linguists and laypeople will find in Language, Society, and Empowerment in Africa and Its Diaspora an ambitious, methodical, and optimistic approach to positioning African language as fundamental to identity, economic advancement, and unity on the continent and in the diaspora. Professor Òjó's mapping of practical pathways for African economic and socio-cultural strength through indigenous language promotion and use will be a beneficial guide for students, educators, leaders, and policy makers. His examination of the connections between African and African American language patterns is a compelling and useful demonstration of the role language can play in identity and empowerment in the African diaspora, and bravely posits language as a unifying force on both the continent and in the diaspora."""

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Akinloyè Òjó is associate professor of comparative literature, adjunct associate professor of linguistics, affiliate faculty of the Institute of African American Studies, and a faculty member at the African Studies Institute at the University of Georgia.

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