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Title: POWER OF BABEL
LANGUAGE AND GOVERNANCE IN THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
By: Ali A. Mazrui, Alamin M. Mazrui
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0852558074
ISBN 13: 9780852558072
Publisher: JAMES CURREY
Pub. date: 1 January, 1998
Pages: 320
Description: Ali Mazrui address the great language debate in Africa.
Synopsis: Tackling the contentious question of African languages versus European languages, this study argues that the dominance of the incoming languages is due to two factors: originally the societies were not expansionist enough, and later the peoples of Africa failed to be nationalist enough. ALI A. MAZRUI was Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at the State University of New York at Binghamton and Senior Scholar in African Studies at Cornell University North America: Chicago U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Kenya: EAEP
Publication: UK
Imprint: James Currey
Returns: Non-returnable
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