Swahili State and Society: The Political Economy of an African Language

administrative adopted African Americans African countries African languages Amin's Arabic areas armed forces Baganda Bantu British broadcasting Christian communication continued cultural nationalism detribalization East African Eastern Africa economic educational system egalitarian elite English language ethnic groups European languages expanding factor fortunes of Kiswahili French Hausa identity ideological Idi Amin important independence indigenous Islam Japanese Julius Nyerere Kenya Kenyatta Kikuyu Kiswa Kiswahili and English Kiswahili in Uganda language of Uganda language policy Lingala lingua franca linguistic Maji Maji major masses Mazrui medium of instruction military Milton Obote missionaries modern Mombasa Nairobi national integration national language Nyerere Obote official language parliament partly political potential President programmes promoting Radio Uganda recruitment region role of Kiswahili schools scientific sense social integration society soldiers speakers spread of Kiswahili Swahili culture Swahili language Tanganyika Tanzania traditional trans-ethnic vernacular Waswahili Western Wilfred Whitely workers Zaire Zanzibar