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Publication details [#34889]

Djité, Paulin G. 1991. Langues et développement en Afrique. [Languages and development in Africa.] Language Problems and Language Planning 15 (2) : 121–138.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

French

Keywords

developing nation | language and culture | lingua franca | national language

Place, Publisher

University of Texas

ISBN

0272-2690

Journal DOI

10.1075/lplp

Annotation

This paper on the importance of languages in African development, argues that an effective global development demands the integration of African linguae francae, and not the (sole) imposition of international languages.