Multilingualism in Southern Africa

This collection showcases perspectives from established and emerging scholars on the contemporary landscape of multilingualism in Southern Africa. The book explores the broader impact of colonialism and neocolonialism on language policies and practices, drawing on case studies from such countries as Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Zambia. The volume is organised thematically around four different sections, looking at issues around linguistic diversity across different sectors including contemporary debates on African languages, language education, youth languages and language documentation. Taken together, the collection seeks to offer readers with a more nuanced understanding of fundamental issues in the development of multilingualism across different countries in Southern Africa today and encourage future research on multilingualism in Africa more broadly. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars in multilingualism, sociolinguistics, language policies, language education and African studies.

Wellman Kondowe is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Language, Cultural and Creative Studies at Mzuzu University in Malawi. Chimwemwe M.M. Kamanga is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Language, Cultural and Creative Studies at Mzuzu University, Malawi. Precious Madula is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies and the Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Mzuzu University, Malawi.

Contents List of Contributors Foreword Introduction: Wellman Kondowe, Chimwemwe M.M. Kamanga and Precious Madula Part One: Theme 1 - Multilingualism in Education Chapter 1: Towards embracing multilingualism in Malawi's primary education system, Andrew Chimpololo Chapter 2: Problematising normalised assumptions in English for Academic Purposes instruction: Monolingual expectations versus multilingual realities of transitioning undergraduate students from community day secondary schools at a Malawian university., Kondwani Kelvin Mkandawire Chapter 3: Translanguaging as means to optimising multilingual education: a Zambian perspective, Hambaba Jimaima and Gabriel Simungala Chapter 4: Language Incompatibility: Assessing Speakers' Tolerance for Swahili Translated University-related Neologisms in Tanzania, Nichodamus Robinson Chapter 5: Language Policy in Education: Rethinking the Teaching of Vernacular Languages in Schools in Malawi, Lydia Kishindo-Mafuta Part Two: Theme 2 - Multilingualism policies and debates on African languag Chapter 6: The State of Multilingualism in Tanzania: A Debate on its Stability and Survival, Yusuph Nyandai Masinde Chapter 7: Entrenching effective multilingualism in Malawian courtrooms through interpreting services: What do we learn from the 2019 Presidential Elections Case?, Evans Lwara, Wellman Kondowe & Deborah Ndalama-Mtawali Chapter 8: An evaluation of Zimbabwe's advancements in the field of judicial interpreting in multilingual courtrooms, Paul Svongoro & Wellman Kondowe Chapter 9: Sign Language in the Zimbabwean Media: A Proposal for Multilingual Broadcasting, Eventhough Ndlovu & Pedzisai Mashiri Part Three: Theme 3 - Multilingualism and Youth language evolution Chapter 10: Multilingualism and the evolution of new language repertoires in Africa: Common features that Chibrazi of Malawi shares with other urban contact vernacular languages of Africa, Chimwemwe M.M. Kamanga & Precious Madula Chapter 11: Shona Slang and Zimbabwe's evolving linguistic terrain: An examination of Shona Slang as the new way of speaking by the youths in Zimbabwe, Paul Svongoro, Monwabisi Ralarala & Tawanda Matende Chapter 12: Multimedia communication technologies and their impact on communication by the deaf in Zimbabwe's multilingual contexts, Tawanda Matende, Lovemore Chidemo & Paul Svongoro Chapter 13: Multilingualism on Facebook: Globalising the 'Local' Languages of Malawi and Zambia, Gabriel Simungala & Deborah Ndalama-Mtawali Chapter 14: Language choice, attitudes, and identity issues among non-Chichewa native speakers: A case of Mzuzu University students in Malawi, Agness Chimangeni Chaliwa Hara & Immaculee Harushimana Part Four: Theme 4 - Language Documentation in Multilingual Contexts Chapter 15: The Interface of Multiculturalism and Multilingualism: Interrogating Idioms in Metropolitan Contexts of Zambia, Eunice Mukonde-Mulenga Chapter 16: Multilingualism in the Linguistic Landscape of Karonga District in Northern Malawi, Agness Chimangeni Chaliwa Hara & Amani Lusekelo Index