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Amid Signs of Change: Language Policy, Ideology and Power in the Linguistic Landscape of Urban Rwanda
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Rosendal, Tove; Amini Ngabonziza, Jean de Dieu – Language Policy, 2023
In this paper we explore the nexus of language policy, ideology and power in the linguistic landscape of urban Rwanda. In post-genocide Rwanda, English has been promoted and gained status. This has led to an increased usage of English on shop signs in the streets of Kigali and other towns in Rwanda at the expense of both French and Kinyarwanda.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Ideology, Power Structure
A Top-Down Orthography Change and Language Attitudes in the Context of a Language-Loyal Country
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Niyomugabo, Cyprien; Uwizeyimana, Valentin – Language Policy, 2018
Depending on different factors, aspects of human language such as orthography, lexicon, and pronunciation can change through bottom-up or top-down planning approaches. This article investigates Kinyarwanda language users' attitudes towards Kinyarwanda orthography change, which was implemented on 13 October 2014 in Rwanda. It also discusses the…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language Planning, Language Usage, African Languages
Micro Declared Language Policy or Not?: Language-Policy-Like Statements in the Rules of Procedure of the Rwandan Parliament
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Gafaranga, Joseph; Niyomugabo, Cyprien; Uwizeyimana, Valentin – Language Policy, 2013
An invitation to integrate macro and micro level analyses has been extended to researchers as this integration is felt to be the way forward for language policy research (Ricento, Ideology, politics and language policies: Focus on english, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, 2000). In turn, the notion of 'micro' in language policy has been specified as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, African Languages, Case Studies
Language Policy, Multilingual Education, and Power in Rwanda
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Samuelson, Beth Lewis; Freedman, Sarah Warshauer – Language Policy, 2010
The evolution of Rwanda's language policies since 1996 has played and continues to play a critical role in social reconstruction following war and genocide. Rwanda's new English language policy aims to drop French and install English as the only language of instruction. The policy-makers frame the change as a major factor in the success of social…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Language Planning, Official Languages, Language of Instruction