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Author Albaugh, Ericka A.

Title State-Building and Multilingual Education in Africa.

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (338 pages)
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Contents Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; 1 Introduction; Theoretical Framework; The Policy of Mother Tongue Education; European Language and Education: State-Building in France and Britain; 2 Language and Education in Africa under Mission and Colonial Influence; Missions and the Transcription of African Languages; Colonial Education Policy -- Divergent Ideologies; Selective Training and Restriction of the "Masses"; Mission and Colonial Language Influence in Senegal, Ghana, and Cameroon; Conclusion.
3 Language Choices in Independent African StatesEducation and Literacy at Independence; Independence Policies -- Theory and Practice; Continuing External Influence -- la Francophonie and the Commonwealth; Policy Inertia; Understanding Leader Preferences; 4 Opportunities for Policy Change: Ideas, Materials, and Advocacy Networks; An Altered International Perspective; Changed Causal Ideas; Contradictory Anglophone Voices; Expanded Domestic Possibilities; Opportunities for Policy Change in Senegal and Ghana; Conclusion; 5 Incentives for Policy Change: Ruler Strategies for Maintaining Power.
Democracy and Multilingual EducationBargaining: Demographic and Subnational Variation; My Explanation; Economics as a Contributing Factor; Incentives for Policy Change in Senegal and Ghana; Conclusion; 6 Language, Education, and "Democratization" in Cameroon; Education Policy in the Early Independence Period; Opportunities for Policy Change; Material Opportunities; Ideational Opportunities; Ruler Incentives for Policy Change; Electoral District Manipulation; Restricting Voting Access; Constitutional Recognition of Minority Rights; Alternative Explanations; Conclusion.
7 Language and Contention: Violence and Participation in Contemporary African PoliticsLanguage, Nationalism, and Violence; Language Literacy and Political Mobilization; Written Language and Attachment (Senegal and Ghana); Written Language and Mobilization in a Democratic Setting (Senegal and Ghana); Written Language and Mobilization in an Authoritarian Setting (Cameroon); Findings; Conclusion; 8 Conclusion; Nation-Building, Citizenship, and the African State; Language Policy and Education in Africa; Policy Implications; Conclusion; Appendix A Intensity of Local Language Use in Education.
AlgeriaAngola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Congo, Republic of the; Cote d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan (Prior to division); Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Language Policy Bibliography.
Note Appendix B Language Surveys.
Summary This book explains why many governments in Africa are including African languages alongside European languages as media of instruction in elementary schools.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Multilingualism -- Africa.
Multilingualism.
Africa.
Language and education -- Africa.
Language and education.
Education and state -- Africa.
Education and state.
Education, Bilingual -- Africa.
Education, Bilingual.
Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Africa.
Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Albaugh, Ericka A. State-Building and Multilingual Education in Africa. New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2014 9781107042087
ISBN 9781139910866
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