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English in Africa
After the Cold War
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Alamin M. Mazrui
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English
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2004
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This book offers a critical examination of aspects of the role of English in Africa and its Diaspora. It looks at its changed location in the post-Cold War era and the challenges it poses to the enduring quest for intellectual liberation, pan-Africanism and Afrocentricity.
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Mazrui Alamin M. :
Alamin M. Mazrui is Associate Professor of sociolinguistics and literature with the Department of African American and African Studies at the Ohio State University, USA. A Swahili poet and playwright, he has co-authored five books and written widely on the political sociology of language and literature in Africa and on comparative cultural studies.
Alamin M. Mazrui is Associate Professor of sociolinguistics and literature with the Department of African American and African Studies at the Ohio State University, USA. A Swahili poet and playwright, he has co-authored five books and written widely on the political sociology of language and literature in Africa and on comparative cultural studies.
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
1 - Part 1: Continental Africa
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Chapter 1. Post-Cold War English in Africa: Between Complementarity and Competition
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Chapter 2. English and African Education: Between Linguistic and Intellectual Dependency
40 - Part 2: Global Africa
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Chapter 3. English and the Pan-African Experience: In Search of Unity
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Chapter 4. English and the Afrocentric Voice: In Search of Authenticity
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Conclusion: Linguistic Appropriation and Beyond
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Appendix: The Asmara Declaration on African Languages and Literatures
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References
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Index
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