Swahili in Spaces of War

A Sociolinguistic Odyssey

AvAlamin Mazrui,Kimani Njogu

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Covering a period of over a century, the monograph explores this sociolinguistic theme in the context of six wars/conflicts: the Maji Maji resistance against German rule, the two World Wars, the anti-colonial resistance to British colonialism, the wars of the Great Lakes region, the cold wars, and the ongoing war against terrorism.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-04-30
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:321 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Languages at War
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031273407

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Alamin Mazrui is Professor at Rutgers University, USA. He has authored and edited several books and written numerous articles in sociolinguistics, education, literature, and culture. He has a special interest in human rights and civil liberties and has written policy reports on these subjects. He is also a published Swahili poet and playwright.Kimani Njogu holds a Ph.D in linguistics from Yale University (1994). He is the Executive Director of Twaweza Communications, Nairobi, and serves in the Kiswahili Commission at the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN), an organ of the African Union. His research interests revolve around language, culture and society.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Swahili and the Maji Maji Resistance against German Rule.- Chapter 3: Swahili and African Military Formation: Between WWI and WWII.- Chapter 4: Swahili and Imperial Britain: Colonial Creation/African Appropriation.- Chapter 5: Swahili and the Conflicts of the Great Lakes Region.- Chapter 6: Swahili and the Cold War.- Chapter 7: Swahili and the War on Terrorism in the Post-Cold War Period.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.