Swahili as a National language-Book (PP MS 42. SL/53-SL/57)
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Title:
Swahili as a National language-Book (PP MS 42. SL/53-SL/57)
Series Title:
Whiteley Collection : Swahili language and list of authors
Creator:
Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript in black ink on A4 size paper

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili language ( LCSH )
Educational policy
Educational planning ( LCSH )
Nationalism ( LCSH )
Linguistics ( LCSH )
Development
Education -- Government policy ( LCSH )
Economic development ( LCSH )
Genre:
Essays ( lcgft )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Eastern Africa
Coordinates:
-4.679334 x 39.217835

Notes

Abstract:
This section contains material related to the development of Swahili as a national language. The first two envelopes contain draft papers by Whiteley that became part of the publication of his book ‘The Rise of Swahili as a National Language’. Envelope SL55 contains many press cuttings in Swahili and English about the use and adoption of Swahili as a national language. SL 56 contains notes about the setting of a Committee for the promotion of Swahili as a national language and finally, in SL57 there is the United Republic of Tanzania Act to establish the National Swahili Council, enacted by the Parliament in August 1967. ( en )
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Date of Composition: 1964-1970 AD (1384-1390 A.H.)
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Extent: 96 leaves
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Incipit: Ideal and Reality in National language policy: a case study from Tanzania
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VIAF (name authority) : Whiteley, Wilfred Howell : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/54248715
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Africa -- Eastern Africa
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Publication information: Whiteley, W H. 1969. Swahili : the rise of a national language. Methuen, London.
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Publication information: Whiteley, W H. 1969. Language choice and planning in East Africa. in P H Gulliver (ed.), Tradition and transition in East Africa: studies of the tribal element in the modern era. Routledge & Kegan, London

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item is likely protected by copyright. Its status has yet to be assessed.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 42. SL/37-SL/57 ( soas manuscript number )
PP MS 42. SL/53-SL/57 ( soas manuscript number )