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African Languages

African Languages is an academic concept denoting the collective body of indigenous languages originating from the African continent, distinguished by their linguistic diversity, historical development, and sociocultural contexts within African societies.

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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature

Jidlaph G. Kamoche, Ngũugĩ wa Thiong'o · World Literature Today · 1987 · 3.1K citations

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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature

H. S. Bhola, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o · African Studies Review · 1987 · 1.6K citations

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African Modes of Self-Writing

Achille Mbembé · Public Culture · 2002 · 773 citations

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Africa-Its Peoples and Their Culture History

J. M. Robin, George Peter Murdock · Geographical Journal · 1960 · 770 citations

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Moving the centre: the struggle for cultural freedoms

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 721 citations

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    Koen Bostoen

    Ghent University, Belgium

    19 publications · 1.4K citations

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    Gilles-Maurice de Schryver

    Ghent University, Belgium

    18 publications · 680 citations

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    Tom Güldemann

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    12 publications · 894 citations

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    Joseph Greenberg

    University of Haifa, Israel

    12 publications · 809 citations

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    Sinfree Makoni

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    13 publications · 994 citations

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Institutions

660

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    28 h-index

    58 publications

    3.5K citations

  2. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    24 h-index

    65 publications

    2.1K citations

  3. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    23 h-index

    46 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    22 h-index

    58 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    21 h-index

    44 publications

    4.2K citations

  6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    20 h-index

    48 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. Stellenbosch University

    Stellenbosch, South Africa

    18 h-index

    52 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. SOAS University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    25 publications

    1K citations

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  1. Language

    57 publications · 6K citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 48 publications · 3.7K citations

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  4. African Affairs

    40 publications · 2.3K citations

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