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The Conundrums of Language Policy and Politics in South Africa and Zimbabwe
Ndhlovu, Finex. - : The Australian Linguistic Society, 2008
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The Politics of Language and Nationality in Zimbabwe: Nation Building or Empire Building?
Ndhlovu, Finex. - : African Language Association of Southern Africa, 2008
Abstract: This article discusses the intersections of language, identity formation and nation building in Zimbabwe. The article argues that political aspirations for empire building by the ruling elite have come to be popularized and legitimized as language policy and nation building initiatives in postcolonial Zimbabwe. While Zimbabwe is characterized by a high degree of linguistic pluralism and cultural diversity, it is only the Shona and Ndebele languages (mother tongues of the ruling elite) that continue to be promoted and propagated as the rallying point for the country's perceived postcolonial nation building project. This drive for exclusionary postcolonial nation building has led to the unprecedented constriction of educational and economic opportunities for speakers of socio-politically 'weak' or 'minority' languages. Drawing on insights from the constructivist perspective on the nation and national identity, the article reinterprets the politics of language and identity formation in postcolonial Zimbabwe.
Keyword: 1606 Political Science; 2002 Cultural Studies; 2004 Linguistics; 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language; Communication and Culture; empire building; exclusion of 'minority' languages; identity formation; language policy; linguistic pluralism; nation building; Ndebele language; postcolonial Zimbabwe; ResPubID16533; ruling elite; School of Communication and the Arts; Shona language
URL: https://vuir.vu.edu.au/3863/
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Gramsci, Doke and the marginalisation of the Ndebele language in Zimbabwe
Ndhlovu, Finex. - : Routledge, 2006
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Zimbabwe's Postcolonial Language Policy Formulation Paradigms 1987-1998: Another Recipe for the Marginalisation of Minority Languages
Ndhlovu, Finex. - : The Foundation for Endangered Languages, 2005
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