African Languages and Literatures in the 21st Century. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Esther Mukewa Lisanza, Leonard Muaka.
• Editors: Lisanza, Esther Mukewa; Muaka, Leonard
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction (Esther Mukewa Lisanza and Leonard Muaka).- SECTION 1: Language and Education.- Chapter 2: 21st Century North Africa: Nationalism, Globalization and the Struggle for Tamazight Language (Ali Alalou).- Chapter 3: Appropriation of Orature for Pedagogy by Early Yorùbá Christians (Damola Adesina and Sola Olorunyomi).- Chapter 4: Swahili Learning in the United States: What Does it Mean? (Esther Mukewa Lisanza).- Chapter 5: Learning that Brings Joy in an African Language Class: The Power of Reflection and Service Learning (Dainess Maganda).- Chapter 6: Linguistic Commodification and Africa's Linguistic Identities: Creating a Nexus! (Leonard Muaka).- SECTION 2: Language and Literatures.- Chapter 7: Voicing the Silenced Through African Tongues: An Examination of Moolaadé and Tumaini (Rose Sau Lugano).- Chapter 8: Racism and Identity crisis of a Muslim immigrant in Ahmed's Mhanga Nafsi Yangu (Mohamed Mwamzandi).- Chapter 9: An Examination of Okot P' Bitek's Song of Lawino as a Mega Metaphor for the African Indigenous Languages (Martha Michieka).- Chapter 10: Black-Islamic Feminism in 21st Century Senegalese Women's Pop Songs (Samba Camara).- Chapter 11: Conclusion (Leonard Muaka and Esther Mukewa Lisanza).
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (248 pages)
• Subjects: Linguistics; African Languages; African literature; Multilingualism; Language policy; Literary Criticism -- African; Social Science -- General; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Education -- Educational Psychology; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics; Literature: history & criticism; Cultural studies; Bilingualism & multilingualism; Teaching skills & techniques; Sociolinguistics; Foreign Language Study -- African Languages; Ethnology-Africa
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030234799
• Related ISBNs: 9783030234782
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