Vol. 35 No. 1-2 (2010): Africa Development: Special Issue on Language, Literature and Power in the Public Sphere

Vol. 35 · 2010 No. 1-2 Africa Development: Special Issue on Language, Literature and Power in the Public Sphere AD

Selected papers from the 12th CODESRIA General Assembly, 2008

Published
2011-05-06

Articles

  1. 1 - Public Sphere, Linguistic Sphericules and Discourse Communities in Africa

    Théophile Ambadiang

    Abstract views : 2,447 Downloads : 86

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v35i1-2.70191
  2. 2 - Rulers against Writers, Writers against Rulers: The Failed Promise of the Public Sphere in Postcolonial Nigerian Fiction

    Ayo Kehinde

    Abstract views : 1,861 Downloads : 72

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v35i1-2.70192
  3. 3 - Trans-nationalizing the African Public Sphere: What Role for Trans-border Languages?

    Maimouna Barro

    Abstract views : 2,274 Downloads : 98

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v35i1-2.70193
  4. 4 - Negotiating Nation-building and Citizenship through the Truth and Reconciliation Committee’s ‘Dramatic’ Spheres: A Reading of Two Post-apartheid Plays

    Busuyi Mekusi

    Abstract views : 2,085 Downloads : 82

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v35i1-2.70194
  5. 5 - The African Public Space of Dangarembga’s Neria: A Site for Autochthonous Feminist Agency

    Jessie Kabwila Kapasula

    Abstract views : 2,132 Downloads : 85

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v35i1-2.70195
  6. 6 - ‘Up as a Rabbit, Down as a Lion’: Socio-economic Determinants of New Idioms of Power – Visual Case Stories from Urban Adamaoua, Cameroon

    Lisbet Holtedahl

    Abstract views : 2,152 Downloads : 92

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v35i1-2.70202
  7. 7 - Towards a New Map of Africa through Rastafari ‘Works’

    Jahlani A. H. Niaah

    Abstract views : 1,746 Downloads : 95

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v35i1-2.70203
  8. 8 - The Emergence of Public Spheres in Colonial Cameroon: The Case of Palm Wine Drinking Joints as lieux de sociabilité in Bamenda Township

    Nicodemus Awesome Fru

    Abstract views : 1,706 Downloads : 84

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v35i1-2.70204