African Languages – alle Bücher, CDs und LPs

Wilfred Lajul

African Philosophic Sagacity in Selected African Languages and Proverbs

This book explores African philosophic sagacity, or wisdom philosophy, as proposed by Odera Oruka in his "Four Trends in Current African Philosophy" (1981), which he later expanded to six trends…

The Expression of Phasal Polarity in African Languages

The book provides insights into the systems and strategies of expressing the Phasal Polarity (PhP) concepts ALREADY, STILL, NOT YET and NO LONGER in African languages. Special emphasis is laid on careful …

The Dynamics of Mobility in African Languages and Literatures

This book is creates avenues for reflecting on the place of language and literature in the formation of contemporary African identities and institutions in the global age.The works explored in this book i…

Marcel

The Official Unofficials: Why African Languages Remain Marginalized in South Africa

South Africa recognizes eleven official languages, many of them African languages. Yet, these "official" languages remain largely sidelined in education, business, and government. "The Offi…

Mittal

Unspoken Voices: The Plight of African Languages in Multilingual South Africa

South Africa is a rainbow nation with eleven official languages, but many African languages remain unheard. "Unspoken Voices" sheds light on the plight of these languages, facing marginalization…

African Head Charge

Vision Of A Psychedelic Africa

Reissue des 2005er Albums der legendären Psychedelic-Dub-Formation African Head Charge um den jamaikanischen Produzenten & Percussionisten Bonjo Iyaginhi Noah, das gleichzeitig ihre Rückkehr zu On-U Sound…

Can't Stop The Dread

Sonia Pottinger zählte in den 70er Jahren zur Elite der Reggae-Produzenten in Jamaica und hatte daneben etliche Hits auf ihrem eigenen Label High Note. Cherry Red Sub-Label Doctor Bird wiederveröffenticht…

African Head Charge

Off The Beaten Track

Damlègue Lare

Language, Dialogue and Identity in African Literature: Postcolonial Inflections

This book explores the contributions of language, dialogue and identity in African literature and how they shape critical perception of African literary politics. It reads from the selected writings of Ch…

Darius

Utopia

Utopia, with its minimal sound palette and striking coherence, is an album you listen to in one breath. Vocalists E^ST, Max Jury and Wayne Snow joined Darius for the project, giving the whole project a po…

Negation in the world's languages I : Africa

The three-volume work Negation in the world's languages constitutes a major step forward in the comparative study of negation. It includes 43 chapters describing the negation system of one language each, …

H Ekkehard Wolff

Lexical Reconstruction in Central Chadic

Due to a long history of contact, the Chadic languages are the internally most diverse of the Afroasiatic language families, especially in terms of their sound systems. In this ground-breaking study, the …

Marcel Diki-Kidiri, John Lechner

Sango-English/ English-Sango Dictionary & Phrasebook

Sango, also known as Sanngo and Säauml;ngöouml;, is an official language of the Central African Republic (CAR). It is also spoken in Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Congo and C…

Sesotho (Sotho)-English/ English-Sesotho (Sotho) Dictionary & Phrasebook

***The essential resource for communicating in Sesotho!***Sesotho, also known as Sotho, is a southern Bantu language spoken primarily in the southern African nation Lesotho, where it is the national and o…

Ali Alalou

Morocco's Linguistic Landscape

This book adopts an historical analysis of the events that have shaped Morocco's linguistic landscape and informed its identity, reflecting on the current language situation. Since Morocco's independence …

Penny Penny

Yogo Yogo

Product Information The rags-to-riches chronicle of Penny Penny's life would be remarkable if he had only released his smash debut Shaka Bundu and packed houses for a few years. But the inimitable South…

Nicholas Awde

Swahili-English/ English-Swahili Concise Dictionary

This essential, portable Swahili-English resource puts instant communication at your fingertips!Spoken by over 200 million people worldwide, Swahili is the most widely spoken African language and the ling…

Bambara-English/ English-Bambara Dictionary & Phrasebook

***The most up-to-date, comprehensive resource for communicating in Bambara!***Bambara (also known as Malian, Bamana, and Bamanankan) is a Mandé language spoken primarily in the West African nation of Mal…

Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa

An up-to-date, theoretically informed study of male, in-group, street-aligned, youth language practice in various urban centres in Africa.