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![]() History CompassVolume 7 Issue 2, Pages 343 - 362 Published Online: 26 Feb 2009 © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 164K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking African Languages in the World of Global English Copyright © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd ABSTRACTThis essay discusses the significance of African languages in contexts in which English figures as a dominant language both as a result of colonialism and of its current status as a global vehicle of communication and interaction. Kenya and Uganda are used as examples of places where practices of resistance to anglophony and projects for the promotion of African languages are carried out by communities, non-governmental organizations and researchers. History Compass 7/2 (2009): 343–362, 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2008.00582.x |