African Languages as a Gateway to Sustainable Development, Democracy and Freedom: The Example of Swahili

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dc.creatorMutembei, Aldin K.
dc.date2019-07-29T16:36:38Z
dc.date2019-07-29T16:36:38Z
dc.date2014-09-24
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-07T11:37:33Z
dc.date.available2021-05-07T11:37:33Z
dc.descriptionThe African Academy of Languages conceptualizes African integration and development through African languages. It is through African languages that the continent will restore its dignity and respect. In East Africa, Swahili resisted the waves of imperial culture to claim its rightful position. The language is growing and spreading, embracing on its way the elements of Ubuntu and 'Africanness' which makes it accepted from one country to another. Following the example of Kiswahili's linguistic and literary affluence, the paper argues that African languages demonstrate the potential not only for Africa's integration, but indeed the ability to maintain peace and mutual understanding and respect. Combining with economic prospects, African languages such as Kiswahili are likely to stand for, and boost African development. Using the Ubuntu theory as developed by Horace Campbell (2010), the paper looks into the possible reasons for the spread of Kiswahili in different nations in modern times, and the rationale for its acceptance in a multilingual African environment. The paper calls for the policy makers in Africa to give priority to African languages, paving the way to a realistic education system, freedom of expression, stimulation of innovative ideas and creativity, and the ultimate development of the African people
dc.identifierMutembei, A.K, 2014
dc.identifier1023 1757
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5294
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5294
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInterdisciplinary Journal for Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa
dc.relationAlternation;No. 13
dc.subjectKiswahili Language
dc.subjectAfrican Languages
dc.subjectFreedom
dc.subjectDemocracy
dc.subjectUbuntu Philosophy
dc.titleAfrican Languages as a Gateway to Sustainable Development, Democracy and Freedom: The Example of Swahili
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Reviewed

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