African languages Books

The Changing Landscape of Colonial Education in Africa offers a detailed and nuanced perspective of colonial history, based on fifteen years of research, that throws fresh light on the complexities...

This book traces Dàdàkúàdá’s history and artistic vision and discusses its vibrancy as the most popular traditional Yoruba oral art form in Islamic Africa.Foregrounding the role of Dàdàkúàdá in...

This book provides an innovative look at the reception of Frantz Fanon’s texts, investigating how, when, where and why these—especially his seminal Les Damnés de la Terre (1961) —were first...

This book is a powerful exploration of the role of women in the evolution of African thinking and narratives on development, from the precolonial period right through to the modern day. Whilst the...

This title examines how Nontsizi Mgqwetho, a Xhosa woman writing in the 1920s, appropriated the traditional male imbongi role to address social, cultural, and political concerns of black South...

The book discusses disruptive reportage on gender-based violence, impact of English usage on congregants, and misogynistic language in social media. It examines intergenerational cultural...

This volume provides comprehensive analysis of bird naming systems in southern Africa, examining scientific nomenclature, English and Afrikaans vernacular names, and indigenous African language...

This book examines African literature and society addressing visual language as stylistic and narrative technique in isiZulu editorial cartoons, translation evaluation in television adaptations, and...

This book assesses the life and works of the leading Zimbabwean poet and novelist, Chenjerai Hove. Proposing a reading of Hove’s work through the dual concepts of rupture and suture, this book...

This book, with a focus on the East African coast and especially on the Kenyan coast, puts into conversation cross-generic texts – the historical novel, the Indian Ocean novel, oral history, oral...

This book, with a focus on the East African coast and especially on the Kenyan coast, puts into conversation cross-generic texts – the historical novel, the Indian Ocean novel, oral history, oral...

Grounded in ethnography, this monograph explores the ambiguity of English as a lingua franca by focusing on identity politics of language and race in contemporary South Africa. The book adopts a...

Grounded in ethnography, this monograph explores the ambiguity of English as a lingua franca by focusing on identity politics of language and race in contemporary South Africa. The book adopts a...

This book presents the first systematic study of Gule, a dormant East African language isolate, offering a tentative grammatical sketch based on historical documentation collected by Brenda Z...

This edited volume considers the use of African languages for marketing communication. The importance of an indigenous language stems from its benefits, which include increased comprehension and a...

This collection explores topical and current issues in indigenous African language literature of South Africa. These include narratological elements of literature, language usage, poetry analysis,...

This book provides comprehensive guidelines on important aspects of isiXhosa orthography such as word division, spelling and capitalisation. Authors’ primary focus has been those challenging areas of...

This book provides comprehensive guidelines on important aspects of isiXhosa orthography such as word division, spelling and capitalisation. Authors’ primary focus has been those challenging areas of...

This book calls for the institution of an African feminist philosophy of language, challenging existing debates and encouraging a move away from the Western gaze.The book begins with an analysis of...

This collection explores topical and current issues in indigenous African language literature of South Africa. These include narratological elements of literature, language usage, poetry analysis,...

This book is a comprehensive introduction to translation studies between English and isiZulu. It incorporates crucial concepts for understanding the basics of translation within a South African...

African Oral Literature: An Introduction guides us from the very beginnings of African oral traditions, through the whole range of theories and contexts, and right up to the modern technological age...

African Oral Literature: An Introduction guides us from the very beginnings of African oral traditions, through the whole range of theories and contexts, and right up to the modern technological age...

Whilst much analysis of African philosophy focuses on humanistic traditions, this book argues that there is an alternative history of African philosophy based on understandings of the nonhuman, or...

This edited volume considers the use of African languages for marketing communication. The importance of an indigenous language stems from its benefits, which include increased comprehension and a...

This collection of original essays addresses salient issues in a range of empirical and conceptual analyses, providing detailed case studies of phenomena in Bantu languages and robust and interesting...