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Rethinking Language Use in Digital Africa

Name: Rethinking Language Use in Digital Africa
Keywords: decolonizing languages, language in Africa, multilingualism, online communication, translanguaging, cultural studies, diaspora, African languages, language policy, Southern theory

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Book 30 Jun 2021Publisher:Multilingual Matters

Authors: Makalela, Leketi; White, Goodith;

doi: 10.21832/makale2309

Rethinking Language Use in Digital Africa

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Abstract

This book challenges the view that digital communication in Africa is relatively unsophisticated and questions the assumption that digital communication has a damaging effect on indigenous African languages. It offers a paradigm of language merging that provides a blueprint for the decolonization of African languages through digital platforms.

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decolonizing languages, language in Africa, multilingualism, online communication, translanguaging, cultural studies, diaspora, African languages, language policy, Southern theory, language planning, decolonization, African multilingualism, digital communication, language and digital literacy, Indigenous African languages, language and literacy in Africa, digital technology

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