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Title Botswana as a decolonial bastion in Africa
Full text https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/133551/139179; https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3677178
Date 2023
Author(s) Pinxteren, L.M.C. van
Abstract This paper follows the analysis of Vansina in analyzing colonization as an attempt to destroy and replace Africa's autonomous cultural systems. It shows that in Botswana, this has been only partially successful. Due to clever forms of resistance,Botswana has been able to keep part of its autonomy intact. This helps to explain the relative success the country has had. However, in the educational field, the country is now also one of the first to be confronted with the limitations that are inherent in the colonial education system. The paperargues that a gradual transition to using indigenous languages as a medium of instruction is practically possible and will become inescapable if the country wishes to reach the goals it has set for itself. In this, special attentionis needed for the speakers of Khoisan languages. - Language Use in Past and Present
Subject(s) Botswana; Tswana; Bantu languages; Khoisan languages; Education; Medium of instruction
Language en
Type of publication Article / Letter to editor; info:eu-repo/semantics/article; Text
Format application/pdf
Source Studies in African Linguistics
Identifier lucris-id:1284784271
Repository Leiden - University of Leiden
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