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Language, Literature, and Education for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa

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Language, Literature, and Education for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa

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This open access edited volume brings together a multidisciplinary, team of African scholars to investigate the concept of transformative development through decolonial pedagogies, literatures, and approaches to indigenous African languages. Contributors explore the impact of AI technologies such as ChatGPT for decolonial research and teaching; the transformative potential of African drama and literature, written and oral; the importance of values-based civic education; the importance of decolonizing continuous professional development for teachers; and the role of culturally sensitive curriculum around EFL.

Going beyond traditional emphases on economic and industrial progress, the authors gathered here ultimately develop new analytical frameworks that align with African realities and priorities in order to promote the decolonisation of the African minds, which remains a work in progress.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
Editors' Preface

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND A CASE FOR A TRANSFORMATIVE DEVELOPMENT VISION

Chapter 1: Introduction
Aloysius Ngefac, Divine Neba and Michael T. Ndemanu

Chapter 2: A Case for a Transformative Vision in the Development Agenda of Postcolonial Africa: A Focus on Language, Literature and Education
Aloysius Ngefac

PART TWO: REFLECTIONS FROM LINGUISTS

Chapter 3: A Critical Appraisal of the Contribution of Wolof to the Transformative
Development of Postcolonial Senegal
Blasius Agha-ah Chiatoh and Rodrick Lando

Chapter 4: The Endonormative Stabilisation of Cameroon English as a Significant Step towards the Transformative Development of the Country
Aloysius Ngefac

Chapter 5: ChatGPT and CxG: A Critique of the Model for Constructionist Research and Teaching and for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial Africa
Thomas Hoffmann

Chapter 6: Investigating the Role of Language and Sociocultural Aspects in the Transformative Development of an African Ethnic Community: The Case of Pragma-rhetorical Features of Ejagham during Libations
Comfort Beyang Oben Ojongnkpot

Chapter 7: A Neocolonial Linguistic Mindset: Attitudinal Tendencies of Cameroon
Francophone English Speakers
Clement Kouam

PART THREE: REFLECTIONS FROM LITERARY CRITICS

Chapter 8: Reception and Management of Oral Literature in Cameroon: New Perspectives toOld Stories
Divine Che Neba

Chapter 9: Rethinking Religion in a Changing Africa: A Reading of Francis Ateh's Seat of Thorns
Eleanor Anneh Dasi

Chapter 10: Oral Literature and Sustainable Development: The Case of Cameroon
Frida Mbunda-Nekang

Chapter 11: Counter-Stigmatisation and the Transformative Process: William Golding's Lord of the Flies and J.M. Coetzee's Foe Response to Joseph Conrad's Racist Undertones in Heart of Darkness
Eric Ngea Ntam

PART FOUR: REFLECTIONS FROM EDUCATIONISTS

Chapter 12: Reconceptualizing the Curriculum Through Values-based Education: Employing Transformative Pedagogy in Teaching Civic Education for Transformative Outcomes
Michael T. Ndemanu

Chapter 13: Informal and Formal Education in Postcolonial Africa through Oral Literature
Nol Alembong

Chapter 14: Culturally-responsive and Socially-adapted Curriculum for Teaching EFL in Postcolonial Africa: Views, Attitudes, Stakes and Implications
Elvire Kenmegne Tchapgnouo

Chapter 15: Decolonising Educational Practices in Postcolonial Africa: Insights from the Field of Teachers' Continuous Professional Development in Cameroon Secondary Education
Clovis D. Mbeudeu

Index

Product details

Published Nov 13 2025
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 256
ISBN 9781350509528
Imprint Zed Books
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Series Transformative Development for Postcolonial Africa
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Aloysius Ngefac

Aloysius Ngefac is Professor at University of Yaou…

Anthology Editor

Divine Che Neba

Divine Che Neba is Associate Professor at Universi…

Anthology Editor

Michael T. Ndemanu

Michael T. Ndemanu is Associate Professor at Ball…

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