Swahili in spaces of war : a sociolinguistic odyssey /

Swahili in spaces of war : a sociolinguistic odyssey /

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Author / Creator:	Mazrui, Alamin, 1948- author.
Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Description:	1 online resource ( 236 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Language:	English
Series:	Palgrave studies in languages at war Palgrave studies in languages at war.
Subject:	Swahili language -- Social aspects. Swahili language -- Political aspects. Language and international relations. Sociolinguistics.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13146982

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Other authors / contributors:	Njogu, Kimani, author.
ISBN:	9783031273384 3031273389 3031273370 9783031273377
Notes:	Alamin Mazrui is Professor at Rutgers University, USA. He has authored and edited several books and written numerous articles in sociolinguistics, education, literature, and culture. He has a special interest in human rights and civil liberties and has written policy reports on these subjects. Mazrui is also a published Swahili poet and playwright. Kimani Njogu holds a Ph.D in linguistics from Yale University (1994). He is the Executive Director of Twaweza Communications, Nairobi, and serves in the Kiswahili Commission at the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN), an organ of the African Union. His research interests revolve around language, culture and society. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: MAZRUI, ALAMIN. NJOGU, KIMANI. SWAHILI IN SPACES OF WAR. [Place of publication not identified] : PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2023 3031273370
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-031-27338-4

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Swahili and the Maji Maji Resistance against German Rule
Swahili and African Military Formation: Between WWI and WWII
Swahili and Imperial Britain: Colonial Creation/African Appropriation
Swahili and the Conflicts of the Great Lakes Region
Swahili and the Cold War
Swahili and the War on Terrorism in the Post-Cold War Period
Conclusion.