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.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025429230 | 409.6 M476P 1998 | 1 |