Publications

Publication details [#45941]

Kitoko-Nsiku, Edouard. 2007. Dogs' Languages or People's Languages? The Return of Bantu Languages to Primary Schools in Mozambique. Current Issues in Language Planning 8 (2) : 258–282.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

identity negotiation | language and culture | language planning | multilingualism | primary school

Language as a subject

Bantu

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper on language planning in a multilingual post-colonial country, explores Mozambique leaders' choice to implement a bilingual educational system in primary schools from 1993 onwards, which involves Bantu languages' revitalisation and the need to address cultural identity issues among speakers of languages formerly only considered fit for dogs.