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The book entitled ‘Swahili in Spaces of War: A Sociolinguistic Odyssey’, authored by the renowned Swahili scholars Alamin Mazrui and Kimani Njogu, was published in 2023. According to the reviewer Peter Githinji, the book is an interesting reading which explores the role of Kiswahili in spaces of war. Many scholars have examined how the language has been used in political mobilization, as agent of economic growth and agency for evangelization by foreigners. However, the authors have ventured into exploring how the language is used in spaces of war which is a new area in the study of Kiswahili. The reviewer acknowledges that the book is a major contribution to Kiswahili scholarship but wishes it had also looked into the issue of the impact of Kiswahili in cyber-terrorism. |
