Swahili in Spaces of War: A Sociolinguistic Odyssey

Author:   Alamin Mazrui ,  Kimani Njogu
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2023 ed.
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Pages:   232
Publication Date:   29 April 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Alamin Mazrui ,  Kimani Njogu
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2023 ed.
Weight:   0.447kg
ISBN:  

9783031273377


ISBN 10:   3031273370
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   29 April 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Swahili and the Maji Maji Resistance against German Rule.- Chapter 3: Swahili and African Military Formation: Between WWI and WWII.- Chapter 4: Swahili and Imperial Britain: Colonial Creation/African Appropriation.- Chapter 5: Swahili and the Conflicts of the Great Lakes Region.- Chapter 6: Swahili and the Cold War.- Chapter 7: Swahili and the War on Terrorism in the Post-Cold War Period.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.

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Alamin Mazrui is Professor at Rutgers University, USA. He has authored and edited several books and written numerous articles in sociolinguistics, education, literature, and culture. He has a special interest in human rights and civil liberties and has written policy reports on these subjects. He is also a published Swahili poet and playwright. Kimani Njogu holds a Ph.D in linguistics from Yale University (1994). He is the Executive Director of Twaweza Communications, Nairobi, and serves in the Kiswahili Commission at the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN), an organ of the African Union. His research interests revolve around language, culture and society.

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