Language and Decolonisation is the first collection to bring together views from across scholarly communities that are committed to the agenda of decolonising knowledge in language study. Edited by leading figures in the field, the chapters offer new insights on how ‘decolonising’ can be adopted as a methodology for charting the next steps in solving practical language-related problems in educational and related social policy areas. Divided into two sections, the book covers the coloniality of language, the materiality of culture and colonial scripts, the decolonisation imperative, multilingualism discourse and decolonisation, and decolonising languages in public discourse. With 20 chapters authored by experts from across the globe, this pioneering collection is an essential reference and resource for advanced students, scholars, and researchers of language and culture, sociolinguistics, decolonial studies, racial studies, and related areas.
Foreword Christopher Stroud 1. Introduction: Reframing the Struggle for New Decolonial Futures Finex Ndhlovu and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni Part 1: Theories, Concepts, Debates 2. Multilingualisms in the Global Souths: Shaping Language Scholarship in the Global Norths Sinfree Makoni and Alastair Pennycook 3. Epistemic Reconstitution of Multilingualism: Disrupting and Levelling of Linguistic Hierarchies of Power Felix Banda and Kelvin Mambwe 4. Decolonising the Linguistic Encirclement of Africa Finex Ndhlovu and Edwin Chris Odhiambo 5. Niche Languages: Decolonising Language Use Through Domain Specialisation and Linguistic Harmony Mohammed Zahid Akter and Arvind Iyengar 6. Decolonising Competency-based Assessment through Autoethnographic Approaches Linda McIntosh 7. Written into Being: Colonial Language Epistemologies and the Graphocentric Straitjacket Arvind Iyengar 8. Interrogating Trickster Discourse of Coloniality in Regimes of Language Testing Finex Ndhlovu Part 2: Critical Reflections, Empirical Studies, Applications 9. Decolonising Languages and Literacies in Education: The Case of Kenya Rose Njoki Mutuota and Mutuota Kigotho 10. Situating Decolonisation of Languages and Literacies Education in the South Pacific Prashneel Ravisan Goundar 11. Unsettling Coloniality of Language: English in Contexts Colonized by Other Languages Hamza R’boul 12. From Spark to Flame: Decolonising Linguistics and the Creation of First Nations Medical Media Glenys Collard and Celeste Rodríguez Louro 13. Coloniality and Australian Indigenous Language Interpreting in Legal Settings Dima Rusho 14. The Liberated Libretto: Engaging the Operatic Voice and the Multilingual Modes of Singing Paul Smith 15. From Linguistic Resistance to Re-existence: Pretuguês as an Anti-racist Perspective on Language Joel Windle and Gabriel Nascimento 16. From Post-Revolutionary “Glottophobia” to The Bill Against “Accent Discrimination”: France’s Tortuous Journey Towards Linguistic Diversity Valentina Gosetti 17. On the Invisibility of Russian Imperialism: Russian Studies in the West Tomasz Kamusella 18. KwaMunyasa: Problematising Coloniality of Citizenship in Zimbabwe Aaron Sigauke 19. Decolonising African Migrant Languages in the Australian Market Economy Vera Williams Tetteh and Sithembinkosi Dube 20. Conclusion: Revisiting the True Purpose of Decolonizing Knowledge Finex Ndhlovu and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni Afterword: Decoloniality and the Politics of Southern Voices Cristine severo and Ashraf Abdelhay
Finex Ndhlovu is Associate Professor of Language in Society in the School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences at the University of New England, Australia. Finex’s latest major publication is Pan-African Integration from Below: Language, Publics, Culture. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni is Professor/Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa and Vice-Dean of Research of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. His latest major publication is Beyond the Coloniality of Internationalism: Reworlding the World from the Global South.
