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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811600803321

Autore

Mazrui Ali AlAmin

Titolo

English in Africa : after the Cold War / / Alamin M. Mazrui

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon, : Multilingual Matters, c2004

ISBN

1-280-82827-7

9786610828272

9781853596911

1-85359-691-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Collana

Multilingual matters (Series) ; ; 126

Disciplina

420.9609049

Soggetti

English language - Africa

English language - Social aspects - Africa

English language - Political aspects - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Post-Cold War English in Africa: Between Complementarity and Competition -- Chapter 2. English and African Education: Between Linguistic and Intellectual Dependency -- 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

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a critical examination of aspects of the politics 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. The study also explores the spaces and possibilities for “appropriating” the language towards a counter-hegemonic African-centred agenda under the present global order.