The book provides novel perspectives towards conceptualisation of African Potentials. It explores diverse and dynamic aspects of linguistic communications in Africa, ranging from convivial multilingual practices to literal and musical arts. The book reflects the diversity and ever-changing dynamism in the African sociolinguistic sphere, that is, metalinguistic discourse in East Africa, sociolinguistic dynamism in Angola, conflict reconciliation speech performed in Ethiopia, and syncretic urban linguistic code called Sheng in Kenya. The volume also explores multi-dimensional relationships between literary arts and the society by investigating such topics as traditional Swahili poetry, publication of children books in Benin, and transformation and reconstruction of Yoruba popular music. The book elucidates dynamic process of creation through mixing of traditional and foreign elements of culture.

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Series Preface: African Potentials for Convivial World-Making
Introduction – Dynamism in African Languages and Literature: Towards Conceptualisation of African Potentials
PART I. Language
Part II. Literature
7. Swahili from the Perspectives of ‘Language’ and ‘Literature’
8. Cultural Transformation and the Reconstruction of Tradition in Yoruba Popular Music
9. Literature for African Children: Creation and Publication of Children’s Books in French-Speaking West African Countries
10. Writing from the In-between: Binyavanga Wainaina’s Literary Practices
11. The Social Orientation of Kiswahili Poetry
12. Amos Tutuola as a Quest Hero for Endogenous Africa: Actively Anglicising the Yoruba Language and Yorubanising the English Language
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