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taylorandfrancis.com>Title: Black Linguistics Subtitle: Language, Society and Politics in Africa and the Americas Publication Year: 2003 Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis) http://www.routledge.com/ Author: Sinfree Makoni, Pennsylvania State University Author: Geneva Smitherman, Michigan State University Author: Arthur K. Spears, City University of New York Author: Arnetha F. Ball, Stanford University Hardback: ISBN: 0415261376, Pages: 224, Price: U.S. $: 80 Paperback: ISBN: 0415261384, Pages: 224, Price: U.S. $: 24.95 Abstract: Written exclusively by Black scholars on behalf of, and in collaboration with local communities, the book looks at the commonalities and differences among Black speech communities in Africa and the Diaspora. Topics include: * the OJ Simpson trial * language issues in Southern Africa and Francophone West Africa * the language of Hip Hop * the language of the Rastafaria in Jamaica With a foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, this is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the linguistic implications of colonization. Lingfield(s): Sociolinguistics Written In: English (Language Code: English) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=9533Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue