Power of Babel Language and Governance in the African Experience

Name: Power of Babel Language and Governance in the African Experience
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ISBN: 9780226514291

ISBN-10: 0226514293

ISBN-13: 9780226514291

Edition: 1998

Authors: Ali A. Mazrui, Alamin M. Mazrui

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Linguists estimate that there are currently nearly 2,000 languages in Africa, a staggering figure that is belied by the relatively few national languages. While African national politics, economics, and law are all conducted primarily in the colonial languages, the cultural life of the majority of citizens is conducted in a bewildering Babel of local and regional dialects, making language itself the center of debates over multiculturalism, gender studies, and social theory. In The Power of Babel, the noted Africanist scholar Ali Mazrui and linguist Alamin Mazrui explore this vast territory of African language. The Power of Babel is one of the first comprehensive studies of the complex…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/3/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 235
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction: Africa's Linguistic Legacy: Between Expansionism & Nationalism




Global Africa



Language & Race in the Black Experience: An African Perspective




African Languages in the African-American Experience




Linguistic Eurocentrism & African Counter-Penetration: Ali Mazrui & the Global Frontiers of Language




Language & the Quest for Liberation: The Legacy of Frantz Fanon




Continental Africa



Language in a Multicultural Context: The African Experience




Language Planning & Gender Planning: Some African Perspectives




Language Policy & the Foundations of Democracy: An African Perspective




Language Policy & the Rule of Law in 'Anglophone' Africa Alamin




Regional Studies



Dominant Languages in a Plural Society: English & Kiswahili in Post-Colonial East Africa




A Tale of Two Englishes: The Imperial Language in Post-Colonial Kenya




Roots of Kiswahili: Colonialism, Nationalism & the Dual Heritage




The Secularization of an Afro-Islamic Language: Church, State & Marketplace in the Spread of Kiswahili



Conclusion



The Linguistic Balance Sheet: Post-Cold War, Post-Apartheid & Beyond Structural Adjustment



References


Index