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Examining African Languages as Tools for National Development: The Case of Kiswahili.

Language can be a key contributing force towards the consolidation of nationhood and the realization of national development. It is a means by which participation by citizens is facilitated or prevented and, it holds the key to the establishment of true democracy and equality in a country (Bamgbose...

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Published in:Journal of Pan African Studies Vol. 6; no. 6; pp. 41 - 69
Main Author: Kanana, Fridah Erastus
Format: Article
Published: Journal of Pan African Studies Dec2013
Subjects:
Africa
Language policy
Nation building
Lingua francas
Multilingualism
African languages
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