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Publication details [#33220]

Omoniyi, Tope. 2003. Local Policies and Global Forces: Multiliteracy and Africa's Indigenous Languages. Language Policy 2 (2) : 133–152.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

economics | language maintenance | language policy | literacy | political system

Language as a subject

Languages, African

Place, Publisher

Kluwer

ISBN

1568-4555

Annotation

This paper discusses the effects of local education policies and global economic, cultural and political forces on indigenous language maintenance and mass multiliteracy in sub-Saharan Africa.