English in Africa : after the Cold War / Alamin M. Mazrui.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazrui, Ali AlAmin.

Series:

Multilingual Matters S.

Multilingual matters (Series) ; 126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Africa.

English language.

English language--Social aspects--Africa.

English language--Political aspects--Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 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.

Contents:

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

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610828272

9781853596911

9781280828270

1280828277

9781853596919

1853596914

OCLC:

475919691