The Sociolinguistics of Development in Africa


Authors: Paulin G. Djité

Categories: Education

Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited

Published Date: 2008

Language: en

Description: This book is an analysis of modernisation informed by the place of language in education, health, the economy and governance in the African context. It paints a wide canvas of Africa in its different facets, and shows how language is used as an instrument to deny access to socioeconomic and political emancipation.