"My Tribe is the Hessequa. I'm Khoisan. I'm African": Language, Desire and Performance among Cape Town's Khoisan Language Activists

Autor/inn/en	Brown, Justin; Deumert, Ana
Titel	"My Tribe is the Hessequa. I'm Khoisan. I'm African": Language, Desire and Performance among Cape Town's Khoisan Language Activists
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 36 (2017) 5, S.571-594 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2017-3046
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; African Languages; Foreign Countries; Activism; Land Settlement; English (Second Language); Indo European Languages; Foreign Policy; Video Technology; Audio Equipment; Self Concept; Electronic Publishing; Social Media; Ceremonies; Language Maintenance; Nationalism; Ethnic Groups; Discourse Analysis; Qualitative Research; Interviews; South Africa (Cape Town) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Ausland; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Siedlungsraum; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Indoeuropäisch; Außenpolitik; Audio-CD; Selbstkonzept; Elektronisches Publizieren; Soziale Medien; Zeremoniell; Sprachpflege; Nationalismus; Ethnie; Diskursanalyse; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	In this article we provide a discussion of present-day Khoisan activism in Cape Town, South Africa. The main actors in this movement are people whose heritage is complex: their history can be traced back to the early days of the colonial settlement, reflecting the interactions and cohabitation of the indigenous Khoisan, slaves and the European settlers. Currently, their main languages are English and Afrikaans; yet, efforts are also made by activists to learn Khoekhoegwab. In discussing the Khoisan resurgence we draw on a wide range of sources. The data include: in-depth interviews with language activists; video and audio recordings of ceremonies and other cultural events; discussions and performance of language and identity on blogs and tweets; newspapers; linguistic landscapes; and, finally, artistic performances (with particular focus on the hiphop opera "Afrikaaps"). We argue that Khoisan activism expresses a deep-seated desire for an identity--linguistic, political and cultural--that is both historically rooted and meaningfully created in the present. Khoisan activism is not only a political program but also an aesthetic-artistic as well as heteroglossic performance, and as such allows for new ways of conceptualizing language revitalization. (As Provided).
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