English in Africa: After the Cold WarMultilingual Matters, 2004 - 144 pages This text offers a critical examination of aspects of the politics of 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. |
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Between Complementarity | 13 |
The Decline of StateNationalism | 20 |
The West and Dissident Islam | 26 |
The World Bank and IMF Factor | 33 |
Between Linguistic | 40 |
In Search of Authenticity | 94 |
Linguistic Appropriation and Beyond | 111 |
The Asmara Declaration on African Languages | 129 |
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