The Power of Babel
Language and Governance in the African Experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3912475 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeanne L Bergman (corresponding author), Alamin Mazrui (0009-0000-5947-310X), Alí A Mazrui |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 196 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/220303 |
| OpenAlex | W604464078 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
Part 1 Global Africa: language an drace in the black experience - an African perspective African languages in the African-American experience linguistic Eurocentrism and African counterpenetration - Ali Mazuri and the global frontiers of language language and the quest for liberation - the legacy of Fritz Fanon. Part 2 Continental Africa: language in a multicultural context - the African experience language planning and gender planning language policy and the foundations of democracy - an African perspective language policy and the rule of law in Anglophone Africa. Part 3 Regional case studies: dominant languages in a plural society - English and Kiswahili in post-colonial East Africa a tale of two Englishes - the imperial language in post-colonial Kenya and Uganda roots of Kiswahili - colonialism, nationalism, and the oral heritage the secularization of an Afro-Islamic language. Concluson: the linguistic balance sheet - post-Cold War, post-apartheid and beyond structural adjustment
Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Eurocentrism · Language planning · Language policy · Languages of Africa · Linguistics · Multiculturalism · Nationalism · Political science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law
Translanguaging practices at a bilingual university
Revitalising and sustaining Botswana cultures through the secondary school curriculum
Multilingualism and Nation-building in the “New” South Africa
Indigenous languages and Africa's development dilemma
British and French language and educational policies in the Mandate and Trusteeship Territories
Linguistic Atonement
A War of Words
Reflections on Critical Language Studies and the Genesis of a Counter Paradigm
Speaking in tongues
The Native Languages of South America
Multilingualism and the politics of participation at a Cameroonian wildlife sanctuary
The role of mother-tongue schooling in eradicating poverty
Translating African thought and literature
Making the Case for Popular Songs in East Africa
African Diaspora Vernacular Traditions and the Dilemma of Identity
African Folk and the Challenges of a Global Lore
Language and Multiparty Democracy in a Multiethnic Kenya
Governance and the Revitalization of the Guaraní Language in Paraguay
Necrolinguistics
An autocrat's toolkit
From apartheid to incorporation
Invisible Woman
Youth, Land, and Liberty in Coastal Madagascar
Redefining Forro as a marker of identity
The case of isiZulu for non-mother tongue speakers at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – Is the compulsory language module promoting social cohesion
Necessary Versus Sufficient Conditions for Using New Languages in South African Higher Education
Gramsci, Doke and the Marginalisation of the Ndebele Language in Zimbabwe
Mother tongue versus Arabic
Evolving African attitudes to European education
The Role of Discourse in Identity Formation and the Manufacture of Ethnic Minorities in Zimbabwe
From the Streets to the Ivory Tower
Intersections of Mother Tongue-Based Instruction, Funds of Knowledge, Identity, and Social Capital in an Ugandan Pre-School Classroom
Changing livelihoods, language use and language shift amongst Basarwa of Botswana
Language Planning and the British Empire
Naming Practices and Language Planning in Zimbabwe
Language policy and practice in the multilingual Southern African Development Community
Ali A. Mazrui, postcolonialism and the study of international relations
The economics and politics of international preservation collaborations
Local community perspectives and language of education in sub-Saharan African communities
The Conundrums of Language Policy and Politics in South Africa and Zimbabwe
Bilingual inequality
Learning through the medium of English in multilingual South Africa
The Mute Always Speak
New Nationalism and Development in Africa
Missionary Expertise, Social Science, and the uses of Ethnographic Knowledge in Colonial Gabon
Linguistic Exclusion and the Opinions of Malawian Legislators
| Unique citing works | 46 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 1920 - 2022 (103) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 40 |