‘A new and sharper look at languages and globalisation’. A review of Naz Rassool. 2007. Global Issues in Language, Education and Development; Perspectives from Postcolonial Countries. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.

Kamdem, Seraphin

doi:10.1515/ijsl-2013-0071

All Outputs (4)

Decolonizing Cameroon's language policies: a critical assessment (2024)
Journal Article
Kamdem, S., Ojongnkpot, C., & van Pinxteren, B. (2025). Decolonizing Cameroon's language policies: a critical assessment. Applied Linguistics Review, 16(2), 1007-1029. https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2023-0273

Due to its colonial history and prevalent multilingualism, Cameroon is a country where language policies have profoundly impacted socioeconomic and political life. Cameroon has 273 local languages and two official languages, English and French. The t... Read More about Decolonizing Cameroon's language policies: a critical assessment.

Investigating the opportunities and challenges for African languages in public spaces: an introduction (2023)
Journal Article
Wildsmith-Cromarty, R., Reilly, C., & Kamdem, S. (2023). Investigating the opportunities and challenges for African languages in public spaces: an introduction. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 44(9), 765-772. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2023.2222105

This introduction to the Special Edition provides a rationale for the inclusion of the selected articles. We begin with a consideration of various factors that led to the marginalisation of African languages, including the hegemony of English, coloni... Read More about Investigating the opportunities and challenges for African languages in public spaces: an introduction.

Cameroon: Media Freedom at the Crossroads (2018)
Journal Article
Kamdem, S. (2018). Cameroon: Media Freedom at the Crossroads. The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 107(2), 217-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2018.1448347

‘A new and sharper look at languages and globalisation’. A review of Naz Rassool. 2007. Global Issues in Language, Education and Development; Perspectives from Postcolonial Countries. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. (2012)
Journal Article
Kamdem, S. (2012). ‘A new and sharper look at languages and globalisation’. A review of Naz Rassool. 2007. Global Issues in Language, Education and Development; Perspectives from Postcolonial Countries. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 225, 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2013-0071