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Peer reviewedHarries, Lyndon – Language in Society, 1976
Kenyatta's 1974 decree proclaiming Swahili as the national language of Kenya is discussed with reference to questions of feasibility and expediency. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: African Languages, Bantu Languages, Developing Nations, Language Planning
Maurais, Jacques, Ed.; Morris, Michael A., Ed. – 2003
This book offers 21 papers in three parts. After (1) "Introduction" (Jacques Maurais and Michael A. Morris), Part 1, "Global Communication Challenges," includes (2) "Towards a New Global Linguistic Order?" (Jacques Maurais); (3) "The Geostrategies of Interlingualism" (Mark Fettes); (4) "Language Policy…
Descriptors: Arabic, Foreign Countries, French, German
Adegbija, Efurosibina – 1994
A study of language attitudes in Sub-Saharan Africa, an area of 45 countries and over 1,700 languages, attempts to: (1) pinpoint attitudinal patterns towards European and indigenous languages; (2) give these attitudes historical perspective; (3) identify attitudes toward language use in education; (4) encourage language research on attitudes in…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Demography, Diachronic Linguistics, Educational Attitudes
Mansour, Gerda – 1993
This book examines the phenomenon of multilingualism in West Africa from a historical, social, and environmental perspective. Chapter 1 explains why the catalogue of African languages established by linguists is not reliable for assessing the linguistic diversity of the region. It also discusses studies that show that the linguistic behavior in…
Descriptors: Acculturation, African History, Colonialism, Cultural Pluralism
Schmied, Josef J. – 1991
This book presents an outline of the historical development of English in Africa. The book covers all the major aspects of English in separate chapters, but aims at demonstrating how closely these aspects are intertwined. The differences in the historical impact of the English language in different regions are reflected in present sociolinguistic…
Descriptors: African History, African Languages, African Literature, Case Studies
Peer reviewedHameso, Seyoum Y. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1997
Explores the historical, political and socioeconomic contexts within which African children acquire their education in a major international language. Maintains that while such languages assist in the transfer of science and technology, compared to native languages, they are limited in their capacity to serve indigenous educational objectives.…
Descriptors: Amharic, Change Strategies, Cultural Context, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedPeirce, Bonny Norton; Ridge, Stanley G. M. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Reviews recent research in multilingualism in Southern Africa, focusing on the role of languages in education, sociolinguistics, and language policy. Much of the research is on South Africa. Topics discussed include language of instruction in schools, teacher education, higher education, adult literacy, language contact, gender and linguistic…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Cultural Pluralism, Diachronic Linguistics
