Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgements v
3. Table of contents vii
4. List of tables, maps and figures ix
5. 1. Youth language practices in Africa as creative manifestations of fluid repertoires and markers of speakers’ social identity 1
6. 2. Youth language practices in Africa: achievements and challenges 23
7. 3. Sheng: an urban variety of Swahili in Kenya 51
8. 4. The emergence of Langila in Kinshasa (DR Congo) 81
9. 5. Identity construction and linguistic manipulation in Randuk 99
10. 6. Regional varieties and “ethnic” registers of Sheng 119
11. 7. Yarada K’wank’wa and urban youth identity in Addis Ababa 149
12. 8. Overview of the tsotsitaals of South Africa; their different base languages and common core lexical items 169
13. 9. Imvugo y’Umuhanda1 – youth language practices in Kigali (Rwanda) 185
14. 10. Sango Godobé: the urban youth language of Bangui (CAR) 205
15. 11. Some remarks on poetic aspects of Sheng 227
16. 12. Youth language practices in Zimbabwe 257
17. 13. The positive-negative phenomenon and phono-semantic matching in Rasta Talk 271
18. 14. Kindoubil: urban youth languages in Kisangani 293
19. 15. Linguistic strategies in Luyaaye: word play and conscious language manipulation 313
20. 16. Conclusion and outlook: taking new directions in the study of youth language practices 345
21. Language index 357
22. Author index 359
23. Subject index 363