Language and National Identity in Africa Paperback / softback
Edited by Andrew (, University of Southern California, Los Angeles) Simpson
Paperback / softback
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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, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia.
Each chapter describes and examines the country's linguistic and political history and the relation of its languages to national, ethnic, and cultural identities, and assesses the relative status of majority and minority languages and the role of language in ethnic conflict.
Of the book's authors, fifteen are from Africa and seven from Europe and the USA.
Jargon-free, fully referenced, and illustrated with seventeen maps, this book will be of value to a wide range of readers in linguistics, politics, history, sociology, and anthropology.
It will interest everyone wishing to understand the dynamic interactions between language and politics in Africa, in the past and now.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages, 19 maps
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:07/02/2008
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- ISBN:9780199286751
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages, 19 maps
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:07/02/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199286751