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African Literacies: Ideologies, Scripts, Education
Juffermans, Kasper; Asfaha, Yonas Mesfun; Abdelhay, Ashraf
2014Cambridge Scholars, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
 

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Keywords :
literacy; language; Africa; scripts; ideologies; education; multilingualism; policy; writing systems
Abstract :
[en] Africa is often depicted as the continent with the lowest literacy rates in the world. Moving beyond this essentialising representation, this volume explores African literacies within their complex and diverse multilingual and multiscriptal histories and contexts of use. The chapters choose contexts from the Maghreb to Mozambique and from Senegambia to the Horn of Africa, and critically analyse multiple literacy genres and practices - from ancient manuscripts to instant messaging - in relation to questions of language-in-education and policy, livelihoods, Islamic scholarship, colonialism, translocal migration and writing systems. As a whole, the book may be read as an advanced introduction to language and society in Africa seen through the lens of literacy or as a contribution to scholarship in literacy studies offering a convenient collection of perspectives on/from Africa.
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Editor :
Juffermans, Kasper ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)
Asfaha, Yonas Mesfun
Abdelhay, Ashraf
Language :
English
Title :
African Literacies: Ideologies, Scripts, Education
Publication date :
September 2014
Publisher :
Cambridge Scholars, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
ISBN/EAN :
1-4438-5833-1
978-1-4438-5833-5
Number of pages :
xiv, 390
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