English in Africa: After the Cold War: 126 (Multilingual Matters) - Softcover

Mazrui, Alamin M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853596892 ISBN 13: 9781853596896

Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 2004

Synopsis

This book offers a critical examination of aspects of the politics the role of English in Africa and its Diaspora. It looks at its changed location in the post-Cold War era and the challenges it poses to the enduring quest for intellectual liberation, pan-Africanism and Afrocentricity. The study also explores the spaces and possibilities for "appropriating" the language towards a counter-hegemonic African-centred agenda under the present global order.

About this title

About the Author:

Alamin M. Mazrui is Associate Professor of sociolinguistics and literature with the Department of African American and African Studies at the Ohio State University, USA. A Swahili poet and playwright, he has co-authored five books and written widely on the political sociology of language and literature in Africa and on comparative cultural studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1853596892
• ISBN 13: 9781853596896
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152