Cultural Politics of Translation: East Africa in a Global Context

by Alamin M. Mazrui

Book Overview

This book is the first full-length examination of the cultural politics at work in the act of translation in East Africa, providing close critical analyses of a variety of texts that demonstrate the myriad connections between translation and larger socio-political forces. Looking specifically at texts translated into Swahili, the book builds on the notion that translation is not just a linguistic process, but also a complex interaction between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138499153
• ISBN13: 9781138499157
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages