LEADER 02887nam 2200445 450 001 9910793344903321 005 20181121140047.0 010 $a1-4985-7228-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000007265211 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5620436 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007265211 100 $a20190112d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aLanguage in contemporary African cultures and societies /$fedited by Esther Mukewa Lisanza and Leonard Muaka 210 1$aLanham :$cLexington Books,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (255 pages) 311 $a1-4985-7227-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction / Leonard Muaka and Esther Lisanza -- 1. The Role of Language in the Kenya Violent Extremism Narrative and Counter-narrative / Mohamed Mwamzandi -- 2. Multiple Language Acquisition in Africa and its Theoretical Implications / Eyamba Bokamba -- 3. Promoting and Maintaining Kenyan Indigenous Languages / Martha Michieka -- 4. The Role of HBCUs in the Transfer and Maintenance of African Languages and Cultures / Timothy Ajany -- 5. The Influence of Writing on Oral Traditions: The Case of Nyangbo / James Essegbey -- 6. Language Empowerment for Socio-Cultural and Economic Development in Africa / Akinloye Ojo -- 7. The Role of African Languages in Regional Development: Examples from East Africa / Leonard Muaka -- 8. The No Language Left Behind Approach to the African Language Question: The Case of Cameroon and Nigeria / Yuka Constantine -- 9. Alienation: The African Immigrants' Experience in Adiche's The Thing Around Your Neck and Bulawayo's We Need New Names / Gabriel Ayoola -- 10. The Voice of Liberation in Kilio cha Haki and God's Bits of Wood / Esther Lisanza -- 11. African Female Writers and the Concept of Liberation: Writings from Nigeria and Namibia / James Etim -- 12. Motherhood and Feminism in Margaret Ogola's novel, The River and the Source / Anne Rotich -- 13. The Pursuit of Selfhood in Selected Swahili Female Bildungsromane / Rose Lugano -- 14. Ode to the Wanderlust / Muchiri Nganga -- Conclusion / Leonard Muaka and Esther Lisanza -- About the Contributors. 606 $aAfrican languages 606 $aLanguage and culture$zAfrica 607 $aAfrica$xCivilization$y21st century 607 $aAfrica$xSocial conditions$y21st century 615 0$aAfrican languages. 615 0$aLanguage and culture 676 $a306.44096 702 $aLisanza$b Esther Mukewa 702 $aMuaka$b Leonard L$g(Leonard Lisanza),$f1968- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793344903321 996 $aLanguage in contemporary African cultures and societies$93807466 997 $aUNINA