The power of Babel : language & governance in the African experience
by
 
Mazrui, Ali AlʾAmin.

Title
The power of Babel : language & governance in the African experience

Author
Mazrui, Ali AlʾAmin.

ISBN
9780226514284
 
9780226514291
 
9780852558072
 
9780852558089

Personal Author
Mazrui, Ali AlʾAmin.

Publication Information
Oxford, England : J. Currey ; Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1998.

Physical Description
xii, 228 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents
Introduction: Africa's Linguistic Legacy: Between Expansionism & Nationalism / Ali A. Mazrui and Alamin M. Mazrui -- Pt. I. Global Africa. 1. Language & Race in the Black Experience: An African Perspective / Ali A. Mazrui. 2. African Languages in the African-American Experience / Alamin M. Mazrui. 3. Linguistic Eurocentrism & African Counter-Penetration: Ali Mazrui & the Global Frontiers of Language / Alamin M. Mazrui. 4. Language & the Quest for Liberation: The Legacy of Frantz Fanon / Alamin M. Mazrui -- Pt. II. Continental Africa. 5. Language in a Multicultural Context: The African Experience / Alamin M. Mazrui and Ali A. Mazrui. 6. Language Planning & Gender Planning: Some African Perspectives / Ali A. Mazrui. 7. Language Policy & the Foundations of Democracy: An African Perspective / Alamin M. Mazrui. 8. Language Policy & the Rule of Law in 'Anglophone' Africa / Alamin M. Mazrui and Ali A. Mazrui -- Pt. III. Regional Studies.
 
9. Dominant Languages in a Plural Society: English & Kiswahili in Post-Colonial East Africa / Alamin M. Mazrui and Ali A. Mazrui. 10. A Tale of Two Englishes: The Imperial Language in Post-Colonial Kenya & Uganda / Alamin M. Mazrui and Ali A. Mazrui. 11. Roots of Kiswahili: Colonialism, Nationalism & the Dual Heritage / Alamin M. Mazrui. 12. The Secularization of an Afro-Islamic Language: Church, State & Marketplace in the Spread of Kiswahili / Ali A. Mazrui and Pio Zirimu. 13. The Linguistic Balance Sheet: Post-Cold War, Post-Apartheid & Beyond Structural Adjustment / Alamin M. Mazrui and Ali A. Mazrui.

Subject Term
Sociolinguistics -- Africa.

Geographic Term
Africa -- Languages.

Added Author
Mazrui, Alamin M.


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