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Author:   Ali A. Mazrui (Author) ,  Alamin Mazrui (Royalty Account)
Publisher:   James Currey
Imprint:   James Currey
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780852558072

ISBN 10:   0852558074
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 January 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Part 1 Global Africa: language an drace in the black experience - an African perspective; African languages in the African-American experience; linguistic Eurocentrism and African counterpenetration - Ali Mazuri and the global frontiers of language; language and the quest for liberation - the legacy of Fritz Fanon. Part 2 Continental Africa: language in a multicultural context - the African experience; language planning and gender planning; language policy and the foundations of democracy - an African perspective; language policy and the rule of law in ""Anglophone Africa"". Part 3 Regional case studies: dominant languages in a plural society - English and Kiswahili in post-colonial East Africa; a tale of two Englishes - the imperial language in post-colonial Kenya and Uganda; roots of Kiswahili - colonialism, nationalism, and the oral heritage; the secularization of an Afro-Islamic language. Concluson: the linguistic balance sheet - post-Cold War, post-apartheid and beyond structural adjustment."

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