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The study of African language pedagogy and use in the Diaspora was
initiated in the 1960s as African countries attained independence
from colonial powers. In the continent, the enthusiasm for the use
of indigenous languages and scholarship has remained relatively
moderate as scholars are conflicted in their loyalty to imperial
languages. The attitude towards the use of African languages by
African leaders has also hampered scholars' efforts to create and
sustain the needed visibility for African languages around the
world. Needless to say, the study of African languages is not only
critical to the study of language theories but also important in
changing Africa's overwhelming reliance on European languages to
communicate with each other. The reliance has not only affected the
politics of the continent but also its economic wellbeing. An
analysis of the enormous developmental challenges facing the
African continent will reveal that many of the economic, social,
political and cultural challenges have major language components.
It can actually be said that the challenges of development in
Africa are either outright language challenges or are language-
based. More significantly, at the social level in many parts of the
continent, African languages are now perceived as inadequate means
of communication. Language Pedagogy and Language Use in Africa
discusses the importance of teaching and using of African languages
in the African continent and beyond and provides illustrations of
both their direct and indirect use a result of historical and
contemporary contacts, language planning policies and pedagogical
concerns. The book contributes to the on-going discussion on the
pedagogy, promotion, and use of African languages both on the
continent and in the Diaspora. _______________ Dr. Lioba Moshi is a
Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of African of
African Languages Program at the University of Georgia, USA. She
has done research on language pedagogy and teaching and is the
recipient of a distinguished University Professorship service award
at UGA and a distinguished teaching award from UCLA. She teaches
linguistics and Swahili in the US and has also taught Swahili in
Tanzania and England. She is the author of a number of
publications, including "Democracy and Culture: an African
Perspective (co-edited)," The Pedagogy of African Languages: An
Emerging Field," "Mazoezi ya Kiswahili, Kitabu cha Wanafunzi wa
Mwaka wa Kwanza (Swahili exercises, a workbook for first year
students)" and "Tuimarishe Kiswahili Chetu." She has also developed
a series of videos and online teaching material to help students
learn the Swahili language and culture. Dr. Akinloye Ojo is an
assistant professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and
the African Studies Institute at the University of Georgia. He
teaches Yoruba language and culture as well as courses in African
Studies. He has published articles on African language pedagogy and
programming, Yoruba language acquisition, Yoruba onomastics, and
the issues of language, culture and society in Africa. His
co-edited book, "Ilo-Ede ati Eda Ede Yoruba" (Yoruba Linguistics
and Language Use) was published in 2005 by the Africa World Press,
New Jersey. His collection of poems, In Flight, was published by
Kraft Books, Nigeria in 2000.
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