Makoni Sinfree et al (ed.) Black Linguistics: Language, society, and politics in Africa and the Americas

Routledge, 2003. — xii, 228 p. — ISBN: 0-203-98661-X.This groundbreaking collection reorders the elitist and colonial elements of language studies by drawing together the multiple perspectives of Black language researchers. In so doing, the book recognizes and formalizes the existence of
“Black Linguistics” and highlights the contributions of Black language researchers in Africa and the Americas.Written exclusively by Black scholars on behalf of (and occasionally in collaboration with) local communities, the book looks at commonalities and differences among Black speech communities in Africa and the Diaspora. Topics include:linguistic profiling in the US
language issues in Southern Africa and Francophone West Africa
the language of the Rastafari in Jamaica
language and society in Black America and the CaribbeanThis is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the linguistic implications
of (neo)imperialism and enslavement.Introduction: toward Black Linguistics
Ideological practices in research on Black languages
Ideologies of language and socially realistic linguistics
“We are the streets”: African American Language and the strategic construction of a street conscious identity
Sound and power: the language of the Rastafari
Conceptualization and status of Black languages
Promoting African languages as conveyors of knowledge in educational institutions
Language policies and language education in Francophone Africa: a critique and a call to action
Contradiction or affirmation? The South African language policy and the South African national government
From misinvention to disinvention of language: multilingualism and the South African Constitution
Inclusion and exclusion through language
Linguistic profiling
“Whassup, homeboy?” Joining the African Diaspora: Black English as a symbolic site of identification and language learning
US and South African teachers’ developing perspectives on language and literacy: changing domestic and international roles of linguistic gate-keepers