LEADER 04733nam 22006495 450 001 9910253333603321 005 20240923160243.0 010 $a9781137316233 010 $a1137316233 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-31623-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000653226 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-31623-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4720011 035 $a(Perlego)3483077 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000653226 100 $a20160423d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLanguage Policy and Economics: The Language Question in Africa /$fby Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (XXV, 232 p.) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities,$x2947-5899 311 08$a9780230251724 311 08$a0230251722 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 330 $a 'This volume is an ambitious undertaking, fruit of meticulous research and deep reflection. Professor Kamwangamalu's panoramic assessment of language planning, economics and game theory in colonial, post-colonial and globalised sub-Saharan African settings brilliantly deploys notions of 'prestige planning' to recurring dilemmas about the choices of medium of instruction in schooling and language choices in public and private institutions. This volume is groundbreaking theoretically and methodologically, but remains grounded in the real world needs of diverse African communities in their unique historical experiences of colonialism and their modern trajectories in an increasingly interlinked world. Professor Kamwangamalu's reinvigoration of the framework of 'prestige' in language and how it can be activated adds great practical value to his impressive scholarly achievement.' -Joseph Lo Bianco, Professor, The University of Melbourne, Australia This book addresses the perennial question of how to promote Africa's indigenous languages as medium of instruction in educational systems. Breaking with the traditional approach to the continent's language question by focusing on the often overlooked issue of the link between African languages and economic development, Language Policy and Economics considers African languages an integral part of a nation's socio-political and economic development. Therefore, the book argues that any language policy designed to promote these languages in such higher domains as the educational system in particular must have economic advantages if the intent is to succeed, and proposes Prestige Planning as the way to address this issue. The proposition is a welcome break away from language policies which pay lip-service to the empowerment of African languages while, by default, strengthening the stranglehold of imported European languages. Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu is Professor of Linguistics at Howard University, Washington, DC. 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