Resuscitation of African Languages Theorising the Battle Against Sociocultural Genocide /

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מחבר תאגידי: SpringerLink (Online service)
מחברים אחרים: Mhute, Isaac (Editor), Mtumane, Zilibele (Editor), Matiza, Vimbai Moreblessing (Editor)
סיכום:XXIII, 343 p. 95 illus., 7 illus. in color.
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יצא לאור: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.
מהדורה:1st ed. 2025.
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גישה מקוונת:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-81716-8
פורמט: אלקטרוני ספר
תוכן הענינים:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Situating the Imminent Cultural Genocide in the African Context (Isaac Mhute)
  • Part 1: African Languages and the African Continent
  • Chapter 2. The Problematics of Intellectualising Indigenous Languages and People, a Cursory Look at the Science of Language in Literature and Formal Education (Joseph Aketema, Ọbádélé Kambon & Beatrice Korkor Agyemang)
  • Chapter 3. Local Language Promotion and the Global Village Exclusion Matrix: A Critic of Exclusive Use of Local Languages in Africa Without Industrial Provision (Nyasha Zimuto)
  • Chapter 4. The Plight of African Languages in the Globalised Post-independence era (Isaac Mhute)
  • Part II: Media and Education Case Studies
  • Chapter 5. National Cinema and the Revitalisation of Indigenous Languages in Cameroon: A Study of Cameroonian Filmmakers’ Perceptions of Indigenous Language Film Production (Floribert Patrick C. Endong)
  • Chapter 6. African Languages in Current South African Media Landscape: The Good, the Bad and the Future (Ndivhuwo Doctor Sundani, Pheelo Mabizela, Rachel Mmapitso Maboa)
  • Chapter 7. Electronic Publishing of Shona Literature in Zimbabwe: An Overview (L. Viriri)
  • Chapter 8. Indigenous Language Renaissance: The Use of Mother Tongue as Language of Instruction in Selected Gweru Schools, Zimbabwe (Vimbai Moreblessing Matiza)
  • Chapter 9. Language-in-education policies and minority language resuscitation efforts in Zimbabwe (Tendai Chirimaunga)
  • Chapter 10. “Wolves in Sheep Skin”: An Evaluation of Zimbabwean Media Published in African Languages (Faith Sibanda)
  • Chapter 11. Computer generated linguistics countering linguicides: Users’ use and interpretation of WhatsApp emojis in isiNdebele (Nkosana Mkwebu and Jennings Joy Chibike)
  • Chapter 12. Revisiting Zimbabwean Indigenous Languages Digitisation Activities: Perspectives from the PLETES Model (Beatrice Lantern)
  • Part III: Politics-related Case Studies
  • Chapter 13. Kiswahili and the Justice System in Tanzania (Antoni Keya)
  • Chapter 14. Linguistic rights in Multilingual Contexts: The case of Mozambique (Crisófia Langa da Camara)
  • Chapter 15. Interrogating the use of native Karanga in the rain making ceremony in Zvishavane (Mverecha Kainos and Midzi Ratidzo).