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No Easy Walk to Linguistic Freedom: A Critique of Language Planning During South Africa's First Decade of Democracy

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: In 1994, South Africans of all races and political parties took part in the first democratic elections. The election and inauguration of Nelson Mandela as the first black president marked the beginning of a new era - an era of democracy. The new era has, among other things, witnessed reforms in language planning. The current paper is a critique of South Africa's language planning efforts during the first decade of democracy i.e. 1994-2004.

Source: Nordic journal of African studies

DOI: 10.53228/njas.v15i1.13

Author: Gregory Kamwendo

Language: English

Topic: Multilingual Education and Policy

Subfield: Linguistics and Language

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1528597185

FWCI: 11.37

Cites: 18

Cited by: 50

Related to: 10