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Africa is often depicted as the continent with the lowest literacy rates in the world. Moving beyond this essentialising representation, this volume explores African literacies within their complex and diverse multilingual and multiscriptal histories and contexts of use. The chapters examine contexts from the Maghreb to Mozambique and from Senegambia to the Horn of Africa and critically analyse multiple literacy genres and practices - from ancient manuscripts to instant messaging - in relatio ...
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monografia Rebiun19128926 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun19128926 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 141015s2014 enk o 000 0 eng d 9781443868266 1443868264 NT eng pn NT IDEBK CDX OCLCF EBLCP E7B YDXCP OCLCQ ZCU UNAV 302.2244 22 African Literacies: Ideologies edited by Abdelhay, Ashraf, Asfaha, Yonas Mesfun, Juffermans, Kasper Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2014 Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publishing 395 p. 395 p. EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete Africa is often depicted as the continent with the lowest literacy rates in the world. Moving beyond this essentialising representation, this volume explores African literacies within their complex and diverse multilingual and multiscriptal histories and contexts of use. The chapters examine contexts from the Maghreb to Mozambique and from Senegambia to the Horn of Africa and critically analyse multiple literacy genres and practices - from ancient manuscripts to instant messaging - in relatio ... Forma de acceso: World Wide Web Abdelhay Asfaha Mesfun, Yonas