Linguistic preferences in a man of the people: a peephole to African post-colonial politics

Authors

  • Dawn Alexis Duke Universidade Estadual de Campinas / Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem Linguística Aplicada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2526-303X.v0i18-19p139-148

Keywords:

Anglo-Africans, independence, linguistic circumstances, diversity, coexistence.

Abstract

This paper focuses on A Man of The People written by Chinua Achebe with a view to discussing the linguistic circumstances in which Anglo-Africans find themselves immediately after independence. The political implications of a multilingual society are discussed in order to show how dreams of fair and honest rule and national unity are possible through an ample appreciation and acceptance of a co-e

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Published

1997-12-09

Issue

No. 18-19 (1997)

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Artigos

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Linguistic preferences in a man of the people: a peephole to African post-colonial politics. África, [S. l.], n. 18-19, p. 139–148, 1997. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2526-303X.v0i18-19p139-148. Disponível em: https://www.journals.usp.br/africa/article/view/74970.. Acesso em: 7 jun. 2024.