African literacies: ideologies, scripts, education
by Abdelhay, Ashraf Juffermans, Kasper Yonas Mesfun Asfaha
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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- Full title :African literacies : ideologies, scripts, education / edited by Kasper Juffermans, Yonas Mesfun Asfaha and Ashraf Abdelhay.
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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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- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Place of Publication:Newcastle upon Tyne
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
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- Description:1 online resource (xiii, 390 pages .)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781443868266, 1443868264
- oclc:ocn929042674
- LC Classification:LC158.A2
- Dewey Decimal:302.2/244096
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CONTRIBUTORS; CONTENTS INDEX; LANGUAGES AND SCRIPTS INDEX
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