Rethinking Multilingualism: Education, Policy and Practice in Africa

Edited by Hannah Gibson and Colin Reilly, posted to Journal of the British Academy, volume 10, supplementary issue 4, in 2022

‘Languages don’t have bones, so you can just break them’: rethinking multilingualism in education policy and practice in Africa
Colin Reilly, Mompoloki M. Bagwasi, Tracey Costley, Hannah Gibson, Nancy C. Kula, Gastor Mapunda and Joseph Mwansa
Journal of the British Academy
, volume 10, supplementary issue 4, pp. 1-20, posted 21 June 2022

Multilingualism in Algeria: educational policies, language practices and challenges
Siham Rouabah
Journal of the British Academy, volume 10, supplementary issue 4, pp. 21-40, posted 21 June 2022

Which multilingualism do you speak? Translanguaging as an integral part of individuals’ lives in the Casamance, Senegal
Miriam Weidl
Journal of the British Academy, volume 10, supplementary issue 4, pp. 41-67, posted 21 June 2022

Language policy in Ghana and Malawi: differing approaches to multilingualism in education
Colin Reilly, Elvis ResCue and Jean Josephine Chavula
Journal of the British Academy, volume 10, supplementary issue 4, pp. 69-95, posted 21 June 2022

Learning literacy in a familiar language: comparing reading and comprehension competence in Bemba in two contrasting settings in Northern Zambia
Nancy C. Kula and Joseph Mwansa
Journal of the British Academy, volume 10, supplementary issue 4, pp. 97-124, posted 21 June 2022

A defiance of language policy: seamless boundaries between languages in Botswana classrooms
Mompoloki M. Bagwasi and Tracey Costley
Journal of the British Academy, volume 10, supplementary issue 4, pp. 125-140, posted 21 June 2022

On the suitability of Swahili for early schooling in remote rural Tanzania: do policy and practice align?
Gastor Mapunda and Hannah Gibson
Journal of the British Academy, volume 10, supplementary issue 4, pp. 141-168, posted 21 June 2022

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