Interviews with Neville Alexander
Subtitle: the power of languages against the language of power
By: edited by Brigitta Busch, Lucijan Busch and Karen Press
Contributors: Busch, Brigitta, 1955- editor; Busch, Lucijan, editor; Press, Karen, editor
Publisher: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781869142773
Subjects: Language and education; Language policy; Linguists; Biography; Educators; Political activists
Notes: "An earlier version of Part 1 was originally published in German as Neville Alexander im Gespräch :  mit der Macht der Sprachen gegen die Sprache der Macht  by Drava Verlag (Klagenfurt) in 2011." -- Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references  and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Neville Alexander's language biography; title: Throwing salt into the whirlwind: childhood and schooldays, 1936-1952; title: Learning about the power of language: studying in Cape Town, 1953-1958; title: A matrix of languages: studying in Germany, 1958-1964; title: University behind bars: Robben Island, 1964-1974; title: Many languages, one nation: house arrest, 1974-1979; title: Speak out!: an educational social movement, 1980-1990; title: Arms outstretched towards the continent: language politics from below, 1991 until the  present; title: The transformative function of language: reflections. Part 2. A selection of Neville Alexander's writings on language; title: Select bibliography; title: The national question in South Africa; title: Language policy and national unity in South Africa/ Azania; title: Majority and minority languages in South Africa; title: The African Renaissance and the use of African languages in tertiary education; title: Street and standard: Managing language in contemporary Africa; title: The potential role of translation as a social practice for the intellectualisation of African languages.