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Language and National Identity in Africa
Andrew Simpson
382 pages
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19 maps
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246x171mm
978-0-19-928675-1
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Paperback
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07 February 2008
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- Covers every region of the continent
- Written by 22 leading scholars, 16 of them from Africa with highly specialized knowledge of the language and society in the countries under consideration have contributed to the book
- Jargon-free, fully referenced, illustrated with 17 maps
- Suitable for use on undergraduate courses on African society and politics
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. Of the book's authors,
fifteen are from Africa and seven from Europe and the USA.
Jargon-free, fully referenced, and illustrated with seventeen maps, this book will be of value to a wide range of readers in linguistics, politics, history, sociology, and anthropology. It will interest everyone wishing to understand the dynamic interactions between language and politics in Africa, in the past and now. Readership: Scholars and students of language and nationalism in Africa, including language policy, language in education, and language and ethnic conflict, in departments of linguistics, politics, anthropology, history, and sociology.
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Andrew Simpson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles Contributors:
Andrew Simpson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Akosua Anyidoho, University of Ghana
David Appleyard, SOAS, University of London
Edmond Biloa, University of Yaounde I
Eyamba G. Bokamba, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu, University of Ghana
George Echu, University of Yaounde I
Moha Ennaji, University of Fez
Chege Githiora, SOAS, University of London
Wendy James, University of Oxford
Anne Moseng Knutsen,
University of Oslo
Nancy Kula, University of Leiden
Victor Fachole Luke, Fourah Bay College, the University of Sierra Leone
Lutz Marten, SOAS, University of London
Rajend Mesthrie, University of Cape Town
Fiona McLaughlin, University of Florida
Martin Orwin, SOAS, University of London
Benjamin Akíntúndé Oyètádé. SOAS, University of London
Fatima Sadiqi, Morocco
Ingse Skattum, University of Oslo
Yasir Suleiman, University of Cambridge
Farouk Topan, SOAS, University of London
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"... the collection provides a fascinating and valuable new perspective on language policy and planning and emphasizes the constructed yet fluid nature of the language-identity nexus." - Tracy G. Beckett, Linguistlist
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Notes on Contributors
1: Andrew Simpson: Introduction
2: Yasir Suleiman: Egypt: From Egyptian to Pan-Arab Nationalism
3: Moha Ennaji and Fatima Sadiqi: Morocco: Language, Nationalism, and Gender
4: Wendy James: Sudan: Majorities, Minorities, and Language Interactions
5: Fiona McLaughlin: Senegal: The Emergence of a National Lingua Franca
6: Ingse Skattum: Mali: in Defence of Cultural and Linguistic Pluralism
7: B. Akíntúndé Oyètádé and Victor Fashole Luke: Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration
8: Akosua Anyidoho and M.E. Kropp Dakubu: Ghana: Indigenous Languages, English, and an Emergine National Identity
9: Anne Moseng Knutsen: Ivory Coast: the Supremacy of French
10: Andrew Simpson and B. Akíntúndé Oyètádé: Nigeria: Ethno-Linguistic Competition in the Giant of Africa
11: Edmond Biloa and George Echu: Cameroon: Official Bilingualism in a Multilingual State
12: Eyamba Bokamba: D.R. Congo: Language and 'Authentic Nationalism'
13: Chege Githiora: Kenya: Language and the Search for a Coherent National Identity
14: Farouk Topan: Tanzania: the Successful Development of Swahili as a National and Official Language
15: David Appleyard and Martin Orwin: The Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia
16: Lutz Marten and Nancy C. Kula: Zambia: 'One Zambia, One Nation, Many Languages'
17: Rajend Mesthrie: South Africa: the Rocky Road to Nation Building
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