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Language Policies in East Africa

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Globalization and Socio-Cultural Processes in Contemporary Africa

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This chapter examines education language policy debates in three East African countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda in the context of globalization. These countries have a similar history given that they are neighbors and were colonized by the same colonial power—the British, although the Germans colonized Tanzania for a short time. The three countries gained independence in the early 1960s. Tanzania gained its independence in 1961, followed by Uganda in 1962, and finally Kenya in 1963. This colonial infiltration into these three East African countries has continued to influence the language policies in the education system of the three countries since independence.

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Lisanza, E.M. (2015). Language Policies in East Africa. In: Sahle, E.N. (eds) Globalization and Socio-Cultural Processes in Contemporary Africa. Contemporary African Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137519146_6

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