Dynamism in African Languages and Literature : Towards Conceptualisation of African Potentials / / edited by Keiko Takemura and B. Nyamnjoh

• Pubblicazione: Bamenda, Cameroon : , : Langaa RPCIG Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group, , [2021]; ©2021
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.44096
• Soggetto topico: African literature - History and criticism; African languages
• Persona (resp. second.): TakemuraKeiko; NyamnjohB
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Preface: African Potentials for Convivial World-Making -- Motoji Matsuda -- Introduction - Dynamism in African Languages and Literature: Towards Conceptualisation of African Potentials -- Keiko Takemura and Francis B. Nyamnjoh -- PART I. Language -- 1. Convivial Multilingualism as a Modern African Ethos: Cases of East African Non-Arab Arabophone Societies -- Shuichiro Nakao -- 2. Socio-Linguistic Dynamism among Languages: Sketching from Angola as a Frame of Reflection -- Satoshi Terao -- 3. Documentation of an Afar Traditional Conflict Reconciliation Speech -- Gebriel Alazar Tesfatsion -- 4. Aspects of Linguistic Dynamism in Sheng as Kenyan Colloquial Swahili: Focusing on De-Standardisation and Re-Vernacularisation -- Daisuke Shinagawa -- 5. Flexibility and the Potential of 'African Multilingualism': A Case of Language Practice in Tanzania -- Sayaka Kutsukake -- 6. Kiswahili Language and Its Potentiality for African Development -- Shani Omari Mchepange and Mussa M. Hans -- Part II. Literature -- 7. Swahili from the Perspectives of 'Language' and 'Literature' -- Keiko Takemura -- 8. Cultural Transformation and the Reconstruction of Tradition in Yoruba Popular Music -- Katsuhiko Shiota -- 9. Literature for African Children: Creation and Publication of Children's Books in French-Speaking West African Countries -- Haruse Murata -- 10. Writing from the In-between: Binyavanga Wainaina's Literary Practices -- Maiko Kanda -- 11. The Social Orientation of Kiswahili Poetry -- Fuko Onoda -- 12. Amos Tutuola as a Quest Hero for Endogenous Africa: Actively Anglicising the Yoruba Language and Yorubanising the English Language -- Francis B. Nyamnjoh -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Dynamism in african languages and literature
• ISBN: 9956-553-51-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818758503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II