Decolonising multilingualism in Africa recentering silenced voices from the global South / Finex Ndhlovu and Leketi Makalela.

Author/creator Ndhlovu, Finex, 1970-
Other author Makalela, Leketi.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2021]
Descriptionxviii, 189 pages ; 21 cm.
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SeriesCritical language and literacy studies; 26
Contents Preface -- MYTHS WE LIVE BY:MULTILINGUALISM, COLONIAL INVENTIONS -- UNSETTLING COLONIAL ROOTS OF MULTILINGUALISM -- UNSETTLING MULTILINGUALISM IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION -- DECOLONISING MULTILINGUALISM IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- DECOLONISING MULTILINGUALISM IN NATIONAL LANGUAGE POLICIES -- AFRICAN VEHICULAR CROSS BORDER LANGUAGES, MULTILINGUALISM DISCOURSE -- AFRICAN MULTILINGUALISM, IMMIGRANTS, DIASPORAS -- MULTILINGUALISM FROM BELOW: LANGUAGING WITH SEVEN YEAR OLD -- RECENTERING SILENCED LINGUALISMS AND VOICES.
Abstract "This book interrogates and problematises African multilingualism as it is currently understood in language education and research. It challenges the enduring colonial matrices of power hidden within mainstream conceptions of multilingualism that have been propagated in the Global North and then exported to the Global South"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2021011127
ISBN9781788923347 (paperback)
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