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Power of Babel: Language in the African Experience - Hardcover

Mazrui, Ali A.; Mazrui, Alamin

 
9780852558089: Power of Babel: Language in the African Experience
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ISBN 10: 0852558082 ISBN 13: 9780852558089
Publisher: James Currey, 1998

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Synopsis

Tackling the contentious question of African languages versus European languages, this study argues that the dominance of the incoming languages is due to two factors: originally the societies were not expansionist enough, and later the peoples of Africa failed to be nationalist enough.

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Publisher
James Currey
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0852558082
ISBN 13 
9780852558089
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
320

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