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Publication details [#51922]

Nyika, Nicholus. 2008. Language activism in Zimbabwe: Grassroots mobilisation, collaborations and action. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 39 (1) : 3–17.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | language of instruction | language policy | language use | minority language

Language as a subject

Languages, Zimbabwean

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper discusses grassroots forms of language activism engaged in by Zimbabwean minority language groups in order to demand their linguistic human rights to (revitalize,) develop and promote their languages for use in important fields such as education.