Publications

Dynamism in African Languages and Literature: Towards Conceptualisation of African Potentials

Dynamism in African Languages and Literature: Towards Conceptualisation of African Potentials

The book provides novel perspectives towards conceptualisation of African Potentials. It explores diverse and dynamic aspects of linguistic communications in Africa, ranging from convivial multilingual practices to literal and musical arts. The book reflects the diversity and ever-changing dynamism in the African sociolinguistic sphere, that is, metalinguistic discourse in East Africa, sociolinguistic dynamism in Angola, conflict reconciliation speech performed in Ethiopia, and syncretic urban linguistic code called Sheng in Kenya. The volume also explores multi-dimensional relationships between literary arts and the society by investigating such topics as traditional Swahili poetry, publication of children books in Benin, and transformation and reconstruction of Yoruba popular music. The book elucidates dynamic process of creation through mixing of traditional and foreign elements of culture.

Development and Subsistence in Globalising Africa: Beyond the Dichotomy

Development and Subsistence in Globalising Africa: Beyond the Dichotomy

In Africa, people striving to live and survive under the complex relationship between development and subsistence have been directly or indirectly feeling influences of globalisati…

People, Predicaments and Potentials in Africa

People, Predicaments and Potentials in Africa

The term ‘African Potentials’ refers to the knowledge, systems, practices, ideas and values created and implemented in African societies that are expected to contribute…

Knowledge, Education and Social Structure in Africa

Knowledge, Education and Social Structure in Africa

In searching for the potential that lies in African societies, the chapters of this volume consider relationships between knowledge, education and social structure from multiple an…

African Politics of Survival: Extraversion and Informality in the Contemporary World

African Politics of Survival: Extraversion and Informality in the Contemporary World

This volume addresses two primary research concerns: first, considering extraversion (or extroversion) as a term for characterizing a region that is “mobilizing resources fro…

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