Russell H. (Hrsg.) Kaschula

The Transformative Power of Language

From Postcolonial to Knowledge Societies in Africa

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With contributions from a team of global scholars, the book highlights the role of language in sociocultural, academic and economic advancement, in postcolonial Africa. It explores how the integration of global and local linguistic and cultural resources help to achieve mental decolonisation and create globally competitive knowledge societies.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Wolff, H. Ekkehard (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-108-49882-1
EAN: 9781108498821
Produktnummer: 33389513
Verlag: Cambridge Academic
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Abbildungen: s/w. Abb.

Über den Autor

Russell H. Kaschula is Professor of African Language Studies at Rhodes University. He holds the NRF SARChI Chair in the Intellectualisation of African Languages, Multilingualism and Education. His most recent edited volumes include Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication (2017) and New Frontiers in Forensic Linguistics (2019). In 2019 he was selected as the Mellon Global South Senior Fellow at AUC, Cairo.H. Ekkehard Wolff is Professor and Chair Emeritus of African linguistics, Leipzig University. Recently published works include The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics (2019), A History of African Linguistics (2019), and Language and Development in Africa: Perceptions, Ideologies and Challenges (2016).