Essays on Language, Communication and Literature in Africa explores language choice questions, together with domain-driven lingua-communicative and literary res

“A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack

Ngugi wrote his first novels and plays in English but was determined, even before his detention without trial in 1978, to move to writing in Gikuyu.

Recent years have seen considerable growth in the media in Africa with increases in the number of newspapers and radio and television stations. At the same time

This book is the first to offer an interdisciplinary and comprehensive reference work on the often-marginalised languages of southern Africa. The authors analys