Ericka A. Albaugh

State-Building and Multilingual Education in Africa

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains why many governments in Africa are including African languages alongside European languages as media of instruction in elementary schools.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 547g
• ISBN-13: 9781107696655
• ISBN-10: 1107696658
• Artikelnr.: 42318385

Autorenporträt

Ericka Albaugh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin College. She received her PhD in Political Science from Duke University and her MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Her BA is in International Relations from Pepperdine University. Her articles have been published in the Journal of Modern African Studies, International Studies Quarterly, and Democratization. She has received major fellowships from the Pew Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the Spencer Foundation. She has conducted extensive field research in Cameroon, Senegal, and Ghana. Prior to graduate work, she worked for World Vision.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Language and education in Africa under mission and colonial influence
3. Language choices in independent African states
4. Opportunities for policy change: ideas, materials, and advocacy networks
5. Incentives for policy change: ruler strategies for maintaining power
6. Language, education, and 'democratization' in Cameroon
7. Language and contention - violence and participation in contemporary African politics
8. Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B.