English in Africa : After the Cold War.
Title:
English in Africa : After the Cold War.
Author:
Mazrui, Alamin M.
ISBN:
9781853596919
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (152 pages)
Series:
Multilingual Matters S.
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1 Continental Africa -- Chapter 1 Post-Cold War English in Africa: Between Complementarity and Competition -- Chapter 2 English and African Education: Between Linguistic and Intellectual Dependency -- Part 2 Global Africa -- Chapter 3 English and the Pan-African Experience: In Search of Unity -- Chapter 4 English and the Afrocentric Voice: In Search of Authenticity -- Conclusion Linguistic Appropriation and Beyond -- Appendix The Asmara Declaration on African Languages and Literatures -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
This text offers a critical examination of aspects of the politics of the role of English in Africa and its Diaspora. It looks at its changed location in the post-Cold War era and the challenges it poses to the enduring quest for intellectual liberation, pan-Africanism and Afrocentricity.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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