Language and national identity in Africa
Language and national identity in Africa [recurso electrónico] /
edited by Andrew Simpson.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 367 p.) : ill., maps.
- [Oxford linguistics] .
- Oxford linguistics. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-362) and index.
Egypt: from Egyptian to pan-Arab nationalism / Yasir Suleiman -- Morocco: language, nationalism, and gender / Moha Ennaji and Fatima Sadiqi -- Sudan: majorities, minorities, and language interactions / Wendy James -- Senegal: the emergence of a national lingua franca / Fiona McLaughlin -- Mali: in defense of cultural and linguistic pluralism / Ingse Skattum -- Sierra Leone: Krio and the quest for national integration / B. Akíntúndé Oyètádé and Victor Fashole Luke -- Ghana: indigenous languages, English, and an emerging national identity / Akosua Anyidoho and M.E. Kropp Dakubu -- Ivory Coast: the supremacy of French / Anne Moseng Knutsen -- Nigeria: ethnolinguistic competition in the giant of Africa / Andrew Simpson and B. Akíntúndé Oyètádé -- Cameroon: official bilingualism in a multilingual state / Edmond Biloa and George Echu -- D.R. Congo: language and "authentic nationalism" / Eyamba G. Bokamba -- Kenya: language and the search for a coherent national identity / Chege Githiora -- Tanzania: the development of Swahili as a national and official language / Farouk Topan -- The Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia / David Appleyard and Martin Orwin -- Zambia: "one Zambia, one nation, many languages" / Lutz Marten and Nancy C. Kula -- South Africa: the rocky road to nation-building / Rajend Mesthrie.
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This book focuses on language, culture, and national identity in Africa. Leading specialists examine countries in every part of the continent - Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Senegal, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanbia, South Africa, and the nations of the Horn, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. Each chapter describes and examines the country's linguistic and political history and the relation of its languages to national, ethnic, and cultural identities, and assesses the relative status of majority and minority languages and the role of language in ethnic conflict. --From publisher's description.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
9780191536816 (electronic bk.) 0191536814 (electronic bk.) 9781435642249 (electronic bk.) 1435642244 (electronic bk.)
Nationalism--Africa.
Anthropological linguistics--Africa.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Sociolinguistics.
Taal.
Nationale identiteit.
Anthropological linguistics.
Language and languages--Political aspects.
Nationalism.
Electronic books
Africa--Languages--Political aspects.
Afrika.
Africa.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
P119.32.A3 / L364 2008eb
306.44/96
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-362) and index.
Egypt: from Egyptian to pan-Arab nationalism / Yasir Suleiman -- Morocco: language, nationalism, and gender / Moha Ennaji and Fatima Sadiqi -- Sudan: majorities, minorities, and language interactions / Wendy James -- Senegal: the emergence of a national lingua franca / Fiona McLaughlin -- Mali: in defense of cultural and linguistic pluralism / Ingse Skattum -- Sierra Leone: Krio and the quest for national integration / B. Akíntúndé Oyètádé and Victor Fashole Luke -- Ghana: indigenous languages, English, and an emerging national identity / Akosua Anyidoho and M.E. Kropp Dakubu -- Ivory Coast: the supremacy of French / Anne Moseng Knutsen -- Nigeria: ethnolinguistic competition in the giant of Africa / Andrew Simpson and B. Akíntúndé Oyètádé -- Cameroon: official bilingualism in a multilingual state / Edmond Biloa and George Echu -- D.R. Congo: language and "authentic nationalism" / Eyamba G. Bokamba -- Kenya: language and the search for a coherent national identity / Chege Githiora -- Tanzania: the development of Swahili as a national and official language / Farouk Topan -- The Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia / David Appleyard and Martin Orwin -- Zambia: "one Zambia, one nation, many languages" / Lutz Marten and Nancy C. Kula -- South Africa: the rocky road to nation-building / Rajend Mesthrie.
Use copy
This book focuses on language, culture, and national identity in Africa. Leading specialists examine countries in every part of the continent - Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Senegal, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanbia, South Africa, and the nations of the Horn, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. Each chapter describes and examines the country's linguistic and political history and the relation of its languages to national, ethnic, and cultural identities, and assesses the relative status of majority and minority languages and the role of language in ethnic conflict. --From publisher's description.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
9780191536816 (electronic bk.) 0191536814 (electronic bk.) 9781435642249 (electronic bk.) 1435642244 (electronic bk.)
Nationalism--Africa.
Anthropological linguistics--Africa.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Sociolinguistics.
Taal.
Nationale identiteit.
Anthropological linguistics.
Language and languages--Political aspects.
Nationalism.
Electronic books
Africa--Languages--Political aspects.
Afrika.
Africa.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
P119.32.A3 / L364 2008eb
306.44/96
