Akinloyè Òjó

Language, Society, and Empowerment in Africa and Its Diaspora

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Produktbeschreibung

This book argues for centrality of language to address Africa's developmental challenges. It contends for the empowerment of African languages to serve in all domains, and it propagates ways to empower African languages for African socio-cultural and economic development in the twenty-first century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 521g
• ISBN-13: 9781793644718
• ISBN-10: 1793644713
• Artikelnr.: 63432143

Autorenporträt

Akinloyè Òjó is associate professor of comparative literature, adjunct associate professor of linguistics, affiliate faculty of the Institute of African American Studies, and a faculty member at the African Studies Institute at the University of Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Language in Africa: A General Introduction
Chapter 2: Classifications of Languages in Africa
Chapter 3: Language, Ethnic Identity and Multilingualism in Africa
Chapter 4: A Panorama of Language Planning across Africa
Chapter 5: Language-Based Problems and National Development in Africa:
Nigeria as a case study
Chapter 6: Empowering African Languages for Socio-Cultural and Economic
Development in the 21st Century
Chapter 7: The Emergent Field of African Language Pedagogy in North America
and Western Europe
Chapter 8: Language Variation and Ethnicity: The Case of African American
English (AAE)
Afterword
Bibliography
About the Author