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200 00$aLanguage and national identity in Africa$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Andrew Simpson
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008
215   $a1 online resource (382 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [339]-362) and index.
327   $aContents; List of Maps; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Egypt: From Egyptian to Pan-Arab Nationalism; 3 Morocco: Language, Nationalism, and Gender; 4 Sudan: Majorities, Minorities, and Language Interactions; 5 Senegal: The Emergence of a National Lingua Franca; 6 Mali: In Defence of Cultural and Linguistic Pluralism; 7 Sierra Leone: Krio and the Quest for National Integration; 8 Ghana: Indigenous Languages, English, and an Emerging National Identity; 9 Ivory Coast: The Supremacy of French; 10 Nigeria: Ethno-linguistic Competition in the Giant of Africa
327   $a11 Cameroon: Official Bilingualism in a Multilingual State12 D. R. Congo: Language and 'Authentic Nationalism'; 13 Kenya: Language and the Search for a Coherent National Identity; 14 Tanzania: The Development of Swahili as a National and Official Language; 15 The Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia; 16 Zambia: 'One Zambia, One Nation, Many Languages'; 17 South Africa: The Rocky Road to Nation Building; References; Index
330   $aThis book focuses on language, culture, and identity in nineteen countries in Africa. Leading specialists, mainly from Africa, describe national linguistic and political histories, assess the status of majority and minority languages, and consider the role of language in ethnic conflict. - ;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
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606   $aAnthropological linguistics$zAfrica
607   $aAfrica$xLanguages$xPolitical aspects
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