03084nam 2200697Ia 450 991045608240332120210622003033.01-280-82827-7978661082827297818535969111-85359-691-410.21832/9781853596919(CKB)111087028280452(EBL)214046(OCoLC)475919691(SSID)ssj0000147662(PQKBManifestationID)11910455(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147662(PQKBWorkID)10018346(PQKB)10757053(MiAaPQ)EBC214046(DE-B1597)513570(OCoLC)54671966(DE-B1597)9781853596919(Au-PeEL)EBL214046(CaPaEBR)ebr10096132(CaONFJC)MIL82827(EXLCZ)9911108702828045220030422d2004 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrEnglish in Africa[electronic resource] after the Cold War /Alamin M. MazruiClevedon Multilingual Mattersc20041 online resource (152 p.)Multilingual matters (Series) ;126Description based upon print version of record.1-85359-689-2 1-85359-690-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexThis 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.Multilingual Matters S.English languageAfricaEnglish languageSocial aspectsAfricaEnglish languagePolitical aspectsAfricaElectronic books.English languageEnglish languageSocial aspectsEnglish languagePolitical aspects420.9609049Mazrui Ali AlʼAmin130631MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456082403321English in Africa2452554UNINA