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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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African Youth Languages: New Media, Performing Arts and Sociolinguistic Development

African Youth Languages: New Media, Performing Arts and Sociolinguistic Development

Hurst-Harosh, Ellen
Kanana Erastus, Fridah

Hardcover

LinguisticsGeneral DramaOther African Languages

ISBN10: 3319645617
ISBN13: 9783319645612
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Mar 15 2018
Pages: 255
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
Builds on a rapidly growing literature on African Urban Youth Languages to show that performing arts, creative arts and media are sites of sociolinguistic developmentConsiders use of social media including Facebook, YouTube and Whatsapp by young people across the continent from countries as far afield as Kenya, Nigeria and ZimbabweExplores current research into print media, television, and linguistic landscapes in Africa's intersected urban centresExamines urban youth languages in the creative arts, particularly popular forms of music and poetry such as performance poetry and hip hop/ rap, as well as film

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