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Title African Literacies: Ideologies / edited by Abdelhay, Ashraf, Asfaha, Yonas Mesfun, Juffermans, Kasper.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (395 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary 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 examine 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 relatio ...
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Subject Literacy -- Africa.
Literacy.
Africa.
Multilingualism -- Africa.
Multilingualism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Abdelhay.
Asfaha.
Mesfun, Yonas.
Other Form: Print version: African Literacies: Ideologies 9781443858335 (OCoLC)890851837
ISBN 9781443868266 (electronic book)
1443868264 (electronic book)
1443858331
9781443858335