No Easy Walk to Linguistic Freedom: A Critique of Language Planning During South Africa’s First Decade of Democracy
In 1994, South Africans of all races and political parties took part in the first democratic elections. The election and inauguration of Nelson Mandela as the first black president marked the beginning of a new era - an era of democracy. The new era has, among other things, witnessed reforms in lan...
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| author | Gregory Hankoni Kamwendo |
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In 1994, South Africans of all races and political parties took part in the first democratic elections. The election and inauguration of Nelson Mandela as the first black president marked the beginning of a new era - an era of democracy. The new era has, among other things, witnessed reforms in language planning. The current paper is a critique of South Africa's language planning efforts during the first decade of democracy i.e. 1994-2004.
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ffb9b12e63e462d8871736cde3e6be02023-09-03T13:37:59ZengNordic Africa Research NetworkNordic Journal of African Studies1459-94652006-12-0115110.53228/njas.v15i1.13No Easy Walk to Linguistic Freedom: A Critique of Language Planning During South Africa’s First Decade of DemocracyGregory Hankoni Kamwendo In 1994, South Africans of all races and political parties took part in the first democratic elections. The election and inauguration of Nelson Mandela as the first black president marked the beginning of a new era - an era of democracy. The new era has, among other things, witnessed reforms in language planning. The current paper is a critique of South Africa's language planning efforts during the first decade of democracy i.e. 1994-2004. https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/13 |
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| title | No Easy Walk to Linguistic Freedom: A Critique of Language Planning During South Africa’s First Decade of Democracy |
| title_full | No Easy Walk to Linguistic Freedom: A Critique of Language Planning During South Africa’s First Decade of Democracy |
| title_fullStr | No Easy Walk to Linguistic Freedom: A Critique of Language Planning During South Africa’s First Decade of Democracy |
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| title_short | No Easy Walk to Linguistic Freedom: A Critique of Language Planning During South Africa’s First Decade of Democracy |
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