Swahili, State and Society

The Political Economy of an African Language

Ali A. Mazrui, Alamin Mazrui (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

1996
James Currey (Verlag)
978-0-85255-729-7 (ISBN)

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This text examines the social and political impact of the Swahili language.

The authors consider the spread of the Swahili language in Eastern and Central Africa against a background of interaction between church and state, and between economics and politics.

North America: Africa World Press;Kenya: EAEP

Part One Kiswahili and the politics of change: detribalization; class formation; political participation; secularization; science and technology. Part Two The history: from precolonial times to the Maji Maji rebellion (1905); from World War I to World War II; medium of education; economic and political integration; cultural nationalism; East African integration; Kiswahili international. Part Three Kiswahili, dependency and decolonization: detribalization and class-formation; expanding popular partcipation; secularization; western science and African dependency; towards decolonization.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.1.2011
Zusatzinfo	11 line illus.
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-85255-729-9 / 0852557299
ISBN-13	978-0-85255-729-7 / 9780852557297
Zustand	Neuware