Mother tongue wont help you eat: Language politics in Sierra Leone
| Autor: | Mneesha Gellman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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First language
05 social sciences Creole language Ethnic group 050301 education Gender studies Language politics Colonialism Lingua franca 0506 political science Sierra leone Political science 050602 political science & public administration General Earth and Planetary Sciences Official language 0503 education computer General Environmental Science computer.programming_language |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Political Science and International Relations. 14:140-149 |
| ISSN: | 1996-0832 |
| DOI: | 10.5897/ajpsir2020.1292 |
| Popis: | This article addresses the question, how does Sierra Leone’s language regime, moderated through formal and informal education, contribute to post-war globalization dynamics? Since Sierra Leonean independence from Britain in 1961, Krio, a type of Creole, has gone from being the mother tongue of a small ethnic minority to the lingua franca, particularly in Freetown, the state capital. English has been Sierra Leone’s elite language since colonial times and remains the only official language of government. Yet many other languages are spoken in Sierra Leone in different communities and contexts. Drawing on interviews and political ethnographic work in Freetown and the districts, the study argues that language and identity shift connected to post-war globalization reflects tensions between upward socio-economic mobility and cultural survival. Key words: Sierra Leone, language, education, participation, identity, citizenship. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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