Language in Contemporary African Cultures and Societies

Herausgeber: Lisanza, Esther Mukewa; Muaka, Leonard

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Produktbeschreibung

Language in Contemporary African Cultures and Societies examines the central role that African languages play in Africa's contemporary societies. This book focuses on Africa and the diaspora where African languages and literatures continue to spread.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 571g
• ISBN-13: 9781498572279
• ISBN-10: 1498572278
• Artikelnr.: 54383282

Autorenporträt

Leonard Muaka is associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Howard University. Esther Mukewa Lisanza is assistant professor in the Department of African Studies at Howard University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: The Role of Language in the Kenya Violent Extremism Narrative
and Counter-narrative Mohamed Mwamzandi Chapter Two: Multiple Language
Acquisition in Africa and its Theoretical Implications Eyamba Bokamba
Chapter Three: Promoting and Maintaining Kenyan Indigenous Languages Martha
Michieka Chapter Four: The Role of HBCUs in the Transfer and Maintenance of
African Languages and Cultures Timothy Ajany Chapter Five: The Influence of
Writing on Oral Traditions¿ The Case of Nyangbo James Essegbey Chapter Six:
Language Empowerment for Socio-Cultural and Economic Development in Africa
Akinloye Ojo Chapter Seven: The Role of African Languages in Regional
Development: Examples from East Africa Leonard Muaka Chapter Eight: The No
Language Left Behind Approach to the African Language Question: The Case of
Cameroon and Nigeria Yuka Constantine Chapter Nine: Alienation: The African
Immigrants' Experience in Adiche's The Thing Around Your Neck and
Bulawayo's We Need New Names Gabriel Ayoola Chapter Ten: The Voice of
Liberation in Kilio cha Haki and God's Bits of Wood Esther Lisanza Chapter
Eleven: African Female Writers and the Concept of Liberation: Writings from
Nigeria and Namibia James Etim Chapter Twelve: Motherhood and Feminism in
Margaret Ogola's novel, The River and the Source Anne Rotich Chapter
Thirteen: The Pursuit of Selfhood in Selected Swahili Female Bildungsromane
Rose Lugano Chapter Fourteen: Ode to the Wanderlust Muchiri Ng'ang'a