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The influence of language ecology on the identity and political participation of the inland Swahili communities in the Luo region of Kenya

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Ojwang B. O.

Language, Discourse & Society

2019

vol. 7

issue 2

73-86

This article evaluates the influences of the language ecology of the Swahili speakers who settled in the Kenyan hinterland on their identity, coexistence, and political prospects. These inland Swahili communities in Luo Nyanza have suffered an identity crisis under various political regimes. They have also faced an unstable and asymmetrical coexistence with their host communities. Their attempts at active political participation and social integration have been hampered by their different social, cultural, religious and linguistic heritage. This has led to exclusion and labeling which has jeopardized their chances of communal advancement and self-determination thereby reinforcing local discriminatory attitudes that perceive them as immigrants expected to be subservient to their hosts. Although some have been assimilated through the school system, employment, intermarriage and community leadership, the majority remain in social seclusion only resorting to their religion, Islam, and fighting for official and social recognition from the limiting confines of their informal settlements. It is significant to examine the discourse that these Swahili communities use to negotiate for their political space, how they perceive their historical and present identity and how they navigate their myriad challenges to enhance their existential prospects.

„Tożsamość pogranicza” hiszpańskich eksklaw Ceuty i Melilli

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Kosmynka S.

Studia Europejskie-Studies in European Affairs

2020

issue 1

83-99

The paper shows some aspects of ‘border identity’ of the two Spanish cities-exclaves: Ceuta and Melilla. It analyses the multicultural dimensions of coexistence between Muslim (Moroccan) and Spanish populations. The article refers to some political, social and economic challenges: Moroccan revindication policy, growing number of Muslim communities, illegal migration, the phenomenon of violent radicalization inspired by the jihadi ideology etc. In this context, the paper focuses on the most important elements of ‘the border identity’ which are crucial to further the understanding of social problems in these cities. The methodological analysis is based on the integration of historical and system methods as well as scientific research and investigation conducted in Spain. Regarding some integration and inclusion efforts there are still unsolved social and economic problems that may have influence on the coexistence of different ethnocultural communities in the future.

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The influence of language ecology on the identity and political participation of the inland Swahili communities in the Luo region of Kenya

„Tożsamość pogranicza” hiszpańskich eksklaw Ceuty i Melilli