Of possible interest on the topic of the role of English and African languages
in what we call Anglophone Africa: An excerpt from the review by T. Temi Ajani,
Dept. of African & Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Florida
of
English in Ghana. M. E. Kropp Dakubu, ed. Accra: Ghana English Studies
Association, 1997
http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v5/v5i1a11.htm
...
The last section [of the book], "Into the Future", comprises only one paper by
eminent linguist Ayo Banjo, author of several articles and books on the English
language [EL] in Nigeria. Banjo delves into the often volatile and thorny
national language issue and language policy formulation and implementation --
an area of major concern in most of the ex-British colonies of Africa and Asia.
Also at issue in this paper is the often ambivalent, if not ambiguous, role of
EL in these so-called anglophone nations. According to Banjo, well thought out
language policy has been neglected, with all the obvious implications on the
educational and governmental institutions of the countries concerned. He calls
for the replacement of the exoglossic EL with endoglossic languages as national
lingua francas. Banjo believes EL will still maintain a co-official role with
the chosen indigenous official languages (due to its international role), he
suggests an endonormative, rather than an exonormative model of usage. In
conclusion, Banjo calls for a working partnership, collaboration and
information sharing among linguists and language policy makers within the
West-African sub-region in order to achieve a more lasting solution to what is
a sensitive issue for all the nations concerned.
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