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Language and national identity in Africa / edited by Andrew Simpson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism--Africa.
- Nationalism.
- Anthropological linguistics--Africa.
- Anthropological linguistics.
- Africa--Languages--Political aspects.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (382 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This 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.
- Contents:
- Contents; 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
- 11 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
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-362) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-04327-2
- 0-19-153681-4
- 1-281-34173-8
- 9786611341732
- 1-4356-4224-4
- OCLC:
- 437093777
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