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Title: Sheng: Rise of a Kenyan Swahili Vernacular

Author : Chege Githiora

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ISBN-10 : 1847012078

ISBN-13 : 9781847012074

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Sheng: Rise of a Kenyan Swahili Vernacular BY Chege Githiora

Read Online and Download Sheng: Rise of a Kenyan Swahili Vernacular. African multilingualism is changing the languages and identities of urban communities, and indeed entire nations. Sheng, a non-standard variety of Kenyan Swahili closely associated with Nairobi's low-income urban youth, reflects the dynamics of rapid, on-going urbanisation processes taking place in Africa. It is a product of the language dynamics of Nairobi city specifically, and more broadly of Kenya, within the context of a distinctively stratified, multilingual society in search of a modern identity. Sheng has gained a position as one of the many varieties of Swahili; it is the product of a specific linguistic ecology in which Swahili language continues to evolve and change. Research shows that it is recognised by both speakers and those in the wider speech community as a distinctive language variety used mainly, but not exclusively, by the younger generation. Sheng is linked to transnational African diaspora influences and global black culture, especially through social media, .

Sheng: Rise of a Kenyan Swahili Vernacular by Chege Githiora

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