Ebonics Is Good - Bangura, Abdul Karim
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Ebonics Is Good is a humble response to the clarion call by Mwalimu Carter G. Woodson, Mwalimu Frantz Fanon, and Mwalimu Malcolm X, among others, to address our African language question. As all of these great Africans and others have shown throughout history, it behooves us to counter the assumption of the ill-informed that Ebonics is bad by demonstrating that it is a GOOD language and worthy of respect. Ebonics Is Good explores the following topics: * Linguistic Reality of African American English * Sociolinguistics of African American English * Politico-Sociolinguistic Reality of African…mehr

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Ebonics Is Good is a humble response to the clarion call by Mwalimu Carter G. Woodson, Mwalimu Frantz Fanon, and Mwalimu Malcolm X, among others, to address our African language question. As all of these great Africans and others have shown throughout history, it behooves us to counter the assumption of the ill-informed that Ebonics is bad by demonstrating that it is a GOOD language and worthy of respect. Ebonics Is Good explores the following topics: * Linguistic Reality of African American English * Sociolinguistics of African American English * Politico-Sociolinguistic Reality of African American English * Social Construction of Ebonics: A Fasoldian Perspective * The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Initiative * Linguistic Connections between the African, Jamaican and Negro National Anthems
Autorenporträt
Abdul Karim Bangura is Researcher-In-Residence of Abrahamic Connections and Islamic Peace Studies at American University's Center for Global Peace and Director of The African Institution, both in Washington, DC, USA. He holds five PhDs in Political Science, Development Economics, Linguistics, Computer Science, and Mathematics. He is the innovator of more than a dozen theories and research methodologies, author of 98 books, and editor and co-editor of eight other books. He has authored 710 scholarly articles, and has received more than 50 prestigious scholarly and community service awards.