Botswana as a decolonial bastion in Africa
This paper follows the analysis of Vansina in analyzing colonization as an attempt to destroy and replace Africa’s autonomous cultural systems. It shows that in Botswana, this has been only partially successful, due to clever forms of resistance. Botswana has been able to keep part of its autonomy...
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This paper follows the analysis of Vansina in analyzing colonization as an attempt to destroy and replace Africa’s autonomous cultural systems. It shows that in Botswana, this has been only partially successful, due to clever forms of resistance. Botswana has been able to keep part of its autonomy intact. This helps to explain the relative success the country has had. However, in the educational field, the country is now also one of the first to be confronted with the limitations that are inherent in the colonial education system. The paper argues that a gradual transition to using indigenous languages as medium of instruction is practically possible and will become inescapable if the country wishes to reach the goals it has set for itself. In this, special attention is needed for the speakers of Khoisan languages.
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| spelling | doaj.art-388ea9f0c46f4f2a8ba10d1f1408146b2023-12-18T05:16:40ZengLibraryPress@UFStudies in African Linguistics0039-35332154-428X2023-12-0152Supplement 13Botswana as a decolonial bastion in AfricaBert van Pinxteren0Leiden University Centre for Linguistics This paper follows the analysis of Vansina in analyzing colonization as an attempt to destroy and replace Africa’s autonomous cultural systems. It shows that in Botswana, this has been only partially successful, due to clever forms of resistance. Botswana has been able to keep part of its autonomy intact. This helps to explain the relative success the country has had. However, in the educational field, the country is now also one of the first to be confronted with the limitations that are inherent in the colonial education system. The paper argues that a gradual transition to using indigenous languages as medium of instruction is practically possible and will become inescapable if the country wishes to reach the goals it has set for itself. In this, special attention is needed for the speakers of Khoisan languages. https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/133551BotswanaEducationBantu languagesKhoisan languagesCultural autonomy |
| spellingShingle | Bert van Pinxteren Botswana as a decolonial bastion in Africa Studies in African Linguistics Botswana Education Bantu languages Khoisan languages Cultural autonomy |
| title | Botswana as a decolonial bastion in Africa |
| title_full | Botswana as a decolonial bastion in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Botswana as a decolonial bastion in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Botswana as a decolonial bastion in Africa |
| title_short | Botswana as a decolonial bastion in Africa |
| title_sort | botswana as a decolonial bastion in africa |
| topic | Botswana Education Bantu languages Khoisan languages Cultural autonomy |
| url | https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/133551 |
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