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Language, Society, and Empowerment in Africa and Its Diaspora (Hardcover)
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Language, Society, and Empowerment in Africa and Its Diaspora (Hardcover)
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Africa's diversity is best illustrated linguistically. Thousands of
endogenous and exogenous languages are linked to and central to the
identity and reality of Africans. Language is a vital lens for
analyzing these multifaceted challenges in Africa, where deeper
understanding of entire linguistic landscape is germane to
understanding socio-political and cultural systems. Concentrating
on instrumental and emblematic functions of language in Africa,
Language, Society, and Empowerment in Africa and its Diaspora
argues for the critical value of African languages beyond
functionality into philosophical consideration of their importance
for African unity and advancement. Akinloye Ojo calls for the
development and empowerment of African languages to serve in
various domains, including the support of basic literacy and daily
survival of their users. Ojo propagates ways to empower African
languages for African socio-cultural and economic development in
the 21st century. The author productively engages works by
linguists and language pedagogues to provide an ardent case for the
empowerment of African languages in the renewed era of
globalization, the internet, and an emergent Global Africa. Ojo
posits and accentuates some of the notable modalities for
empowering African languages in specialized domains for national
and continental development.
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