Name: Swahili, State and Society - The Political Economy of an African Language
Brand: James Currey
SKU: 6040289
Price: 54.97 AUD
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Swahili, State and Society - The Political Economy of an African Language

By Ali A. (Author), Alamin (Royalty Account)

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Paperback, 224 pages

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Hardback : $252.00

Published

United Kingdom, 1 January 1996

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

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Product Description

EAN

9780852557297

ISBN

0852557299

Writer

Ali A., Alamin

Publisher

James Currey

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11 line illus.

Dimensions

1.2 x 14.9 x 14.9 centimetres (0.26 kg)

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.

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