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Language and colonial power: the appropriation of Swahili in the former Belgian Congo, 1880-1938

Fabian, Johannes.

Year: 1986.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

A note on names and orthography

Introduction

1 Prelude: expeditions and campaigns

2 Questions and queries

3 Settling in: colonization and language

4 Labor and language in Katanga

5 Talking tough and bad: pidginization in Katanga

6 The end: illusions of colonial power

Notes

Bibliography

Index

reviews

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Title:

Language and colonial power : the appropriation of Swahili in the former Belgian Congo, 1880-1938 / Johannes Fabian.

Author:

Fabian, Johannes

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Language and colonial power : the appropriation of Swahili in the former Belgian Congo, 1880-1938 / Johannes Fabian.
Fabian, Johannes
Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1986.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.02589

Subject Headings:

• Swahili language -- Social aspects -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Katanga
• Katanga (Congo) -- Languages -- Social aspects

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