Language, Literature, and Education for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa
This open access edited volume brings together a multidisciplinary team of scholars to investigate the concept of transformative development through decolonial approaches to language, literatures, and pedagogies. Contributors discuss the transformative development vision with a focus on language, li...
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| description | This open access edited volume brings together a multidisciplinary team of scholars to investigate the concept of transformative development through decolonial approaches to language, literatures, and pedagogies. Contributors discuss the transformative development vision with a focus on language, literature and education. In doing so, they investigate the contribution of Wolof to the transformative development of postcolonial Senegal, analyse the impact of endonormativity on the transformation of Cameroon, and explore the impact of AI technologies such as ChatGPT on decolonial research and teaching in Africa. They discuss the transformative potential of oral and written African literature, the importance of values-based civic education and decolonizing continuous professional development for teachers, and the role of culturally sensitive curriculum around EFL. Going beyond traditional emphases on economic and industrial progress, the authors gathered here ultimately develop new analytical frameworks that align with African realities and priorities in order to promote the decolonisation of the African minds, which remains a work in progress. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1759402026-04-20T09:24:34Z Language, Literature, and Education for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa Ngefac, Aloysius Che Neba, Divine Ndemanu, Michael T. Transformative development Transformative development in Africa Postcolonial studies International development African studies Cameroon South Africa Africanization of English ChatGPT Decolonial pedagogy Colonial languages Indigenous languages African drama African literature Oral literature African oral literature African civic education EFL in Africa Teachers continuous professional development in Africa Human rights Mongo Beti Okey Ndibe J.M. Coetzee Berinyuy Jude Joseph Conrad William Golding Nkemngong Nkengasong Wolof and Africa ChatGPT and Africa African development goals thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000::DSBH5 Literary studies: postcolonial literature thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNT Anthologies: general thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism This open access edited volume brings together a multidisciplinary team of scholars to investigate the concept of transformative development through decolonial approaches to language, literatures, and pedagogies. Contributors discuss the transformative development vision with a focus on language, literature and education. In doing so, they investigate the contribution of Wolof to the transformative development of postcolonial Senegal, analyse the impact of endonormativity on the transformation of Cameroon, and explore the impact of AI technologies such as ChatGPT on decolonial research and teaching in Africa. They discuss the transformative potential of oral and written African literature, the importance of values-based civic education and decolonizing continuous professional development for teachers, and the role of culturally sensitive curriculum around EFL. Going beyond traditional emphases on economic and industrial progress, the authors gathered here ultimately develop new analytical frameworks that align with African realities and priorities in order to promote the decolonisation of the African minds, which remains a work in progress. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective. 2026-04-20T09:24:33Z 2026-04-20T09:24:33Z 2026-04-16T09:55:31Z 2025 book ONIX_20260415T184305_9781350509559_28 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112333 9781350509559 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175940 eng Transformative Development for Postcolonial Africa open access Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Zed Books b7fec79e-c133-4cb3-9544-88060a4d4e06 9781350509559 Zed Books 280 London open access |
| spellingShingle | Transformative development Transformative development in Africa Postcolonial studies International development African studies Cameroon South Africa Africanization of English ChatGPT Decolonial pedagogy Colonial languages Indigenous languages African drama African literature Oral literature African oral literature African civic education EFL in Africa Teachers continuous professional development in Africa Human rights Mongo Beti Okey Ndibe J.M. Coetzee Berinyuy Jude Joseph Conrad William Golding Nkemngong Nkengasong Wolof and Africa ChatGPT and Africa African development goals thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000::DSBH5 Literary studies: postcolonial literature thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNT Anthologies: general thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism Language, Literature, and Education for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa |
| title | Language, Literature, and Education for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa |
| title_full | Language, Literature, and Education for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa |
| title_fullStr | Language, Literature, and Education for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Language, Literature, and Education for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa |
| title_short | Language, Literature, and Education for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa |
| title_sort | language literature and education for the transformative development of postcolonial africa |
| topic | Transformative development Transformative development in Africa Postcolonial studies International development African studies Cameroon South Africa Africanization of English ChatGPT Decolonial pedagogy Colonial languages Indigenous languages African drama African literature Oral literature African oral literature African civic education EFL in Africa Teachers continuous professional development in Africa Human rights Mongo Beti Okey Ndibe J.M. Coetzee Berinyuy Jude Joseph Conrad William Golding Nkemngong Nkengasong Wolof and Africa ChatGPT and Africa African development goals thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000::DSBH5 Literary studies: postcolonial literature thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNT Anthologies: general thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism |
| topic_facet | Transformative development Transformative development in Africa Postcolonial studies International development African studies Cameroon South Africa Africanization of English ChatGPT Decolonial pedagogy Colonial languages Indigenous languages African drama African literature Oral literature African oral literature African civic education EFL in Africa Teachers continuous professional development in Africa Human rights Mongo Beti Okey Ndibe J.M. Coetzee Berinyuy Jude Joseph Conrad William Golding Nkemngong Nkengasong Wolof and Africa ChatGPT and Africa African development goals thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000::DSBH5 Literary studies: postcolonial literature thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNT Anthologies: general thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism |
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