African Englishes and Multilingualism for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa
Jakob R E Leimgruber editor Professor Aloysius Ngefac editor Professor Paul Zang Zang editor Professor Thorsten Brato editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:27th May '27
£28.99
This title is due to be published on 27th May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This open access edited volume brings together a team of linguists to explore how indigenized varieties of English and multilingualism interact with the holistic transformation of Africa. Contributors discuss the transformative development vision for Africa with a focus on ex-colonial languages, indigenized varieties and indigenous mother tongues. In doing so, they explore linguistic evolution and developments towards endonormativity, investigate the correlation between the Africanisation of English and transformative development, the indiginization of medical terminology in HIV/AIDS consultations, the interactions of Romance languages with local English varieties, and resonances between decolonizing multilingualisms in Singapore and Africa.
Going beyond traditional emphases on economic and industrial progress, the authors gathered here ultimately develop new analytical frameworks that align with African realities and priorities and ultimately promote the decolonisation of the African minds, which remains a work in progress.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on Bloomsbury Collections. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
This groundbreaking volume invites readers to rethink development in postcolonial Africa through fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives. By centering African voices, languages, and realities, it challenges outdated models and proposes a bold, inclusive vision for the continent’s transformation. Highlighting the power of multilingualism and Africanized Englishes, the book is essential reading for scholars, policymakers, and anyone committed to decolonizing knowledge and advancing sustainable, culturally grounded development in Africa. * Serafín M. Coronel-Molina, Indiana University Bloomington, USA *
[This book] offers a collection of carefully curated and innovative contributions on the complex roles of Englishes in African multilingual contexts. The editors and contributors address critical questions on the ambivalent conceptualization of English on the African continent, coming to important educational and sociolinguistic implications. Visionary and inspiring, this volume will be essential reading in African Studies and the field of World Englishes alike. * Sofia Rüdiger, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany *
ISBN: 9781350510111
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256 pages