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This book discusses the existing sociolinguistic order in Africa, how it is sustained, how it might be changed to the advantage of those who are dominated by it and, most importantly, how it affects the development potential of the Continent. It raises issues about African languages that the average person is not always aware of. For example, why must the African child learn how to read and write in a foreign language? Why must all African doctors be trained in languages that their patient population do not understand? Why must African leaders address their people in languages they know the people do not understand? What are the flow-on effects of these language practices on Africa’s development goals? The book also proposes sustainable and development-oriented alternatives to these practices.
The manuscript will make an important contribution to African sociolinguistics and will have an impact beyond African scholarship. It will expand and deepen the work in African sociolinguistics because of the range of topics which include, but are not limited, to economics, health, education and development.
Paulin Djité is Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics, Translation and Interpreting and French Linguistics in the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of Western Sydney. He also acts as an adviser for many international organisations in education, translation and interpreting, and international sporting events. His previous books include The Sociolinguistics of Development in Africa (2008), From Language Policy to Language Planning: An Overview of Key Languages in Australia (1994), and Voir l'Amérique et mourir (1992).
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Prolegomena to the Sociolinguistics of Development in Africa
Chapter 2: Language, Education and Development
Chapter 3: Language, Health and Development
Chapter 4: Language, the Economy and Development
Chapter 5: Language, Governance and Development
Conclusion
Endnotes
Bibliography