Language and Art in Senegal: The Crossbreeding of Identities in Music

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
Ibrahima Sarr
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Arab World ◽  
The Other ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
The West ◽  
Melting Pot ◽  
Classical Form ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
African Languages ◽  
Contact Situation

Senegal is a melting pot of several civilizations mainly originated from the West (Europe) and the East (the Arab world). Assuming that language and culture are intrinsically related, the settlement of those people and their status as dominant minority sparked and strengthened the use of their languages in formal domains. In the long ran, as they became domesticated, thus now considered African languages because they have contributed to mold the cultural identity of younger generation, they involve in all linguistic interaction. Arab, in its classical form, remains a symbol of Islam which earns it a certain degree of sacredness. Nevertheless the contact situation with the other languages forced it to crossbreed in special ways like borrowings and interferences. As for the other foreign languages, namely French, English, Spanish, and German at a least extent, they are made to carry the weight of local cultures.

West African Languages Congress

1963 ◽  
Vol 6 (03) ◽  
pp. 30-31
Author(s):  
Joseph Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
The United States ◽  
West African ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Substantial Portion ◽  
The West ◽  
African Languages ◽  
The Third ◽  
First Time

The Third West African Languages Congress took place in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from March 26 to April 1, 1963. This was the third of the annual meetings of those interested in West African languages sponsored by the West African Languages Survey, previous meetings having been held in Accra (1961) and Dakar (1962). The West African Languages Survey is a Ford Foundation project. Additional financial assistance from UNESCO and other sources contributed materially to the scope and success of the meeting. This meeting was larger than previous ones both in attendance and in number of papers presented and, it may be said, in regard to the scientific level of the papers presented. The official participants, seventy-two in number, came from virtually every country in West Africa, from Western European countries and from the United States. The linguistic theme of the meeting was the syntax of West African languages, and a substantial portion of the papers presented were on this topic. In addition, there was for the first time at these meetings a symposium on the teaching of English, French and African languages in Africa. The papers of this symposium will be published in the forthcoming series of monographs planned as a supplement to the new Journal of West African Languages. The other papers are to appear in the Journal of African Languages edited by Jack Berry of the School of Oriental and African Studies.

scholarly journals Who Leads Leitkultur?

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 312-330
Author(s):  
Ernst van den Hemel
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Right ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The West ◽  
Christian Democracy ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

Abstract A widely shared but understudied characteristic of the rise of right-wing conservative populism (the New Right) is the emphasis on religious-cultural identity of the West. Using phrases like ‘Judeo-Christianity’, ‘Christian values’, or ‘Christian Leitkultur’ a variety of political actors have claimed that religious-cultural identity needs to be safeguarded and enshrined in policy. As this frame is gaining traction, the question arises what this emphasis on the public importance of religion entails for those who tend to see themselves as the guardians of religious-cultural identity. In particular this article focusses on the challenges this development creates for Christian Democratic political actors. On the one hand the emphasis on the importance of ‘christian traditions’ resonates with the historical position of christian democrats, on the other hand, there are important differences between traditional christian democracy and how the New Right speaks of religion. The main aim of this article is to outline how the rise of the New Right has created a contestation about what it means to represent christian cultural identity.

Patriarchy, Oppression and Illegal Migration in Leila Lalami's Collection of Short Stories “Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits”

IJOHMN ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Messaoudi Walid
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Third World ◽  
Arab World ◽  
The Other ◽  
Illegal Migration ◽  
The West

This paper generally will discuss the concepts of patriarchy, oppression and illegal migration in Leila Lalami's collection of short stories Hope and Other Dangerous pursuit. So basically, patriarchy is the dominance of male over female in which this relation of power over one gender towards the other results this kind of oppression. Thus, this paper, in a way, will theorize this concept and its relation to oppression within the Arab world. Also, illegal migration as a tool of oppression for those who illegally migrate in particular and then, for their parents and relatives in general. The discussion on this concept will be within the scope of Moroccan encounter with globalization or third world confrontation with the west.

scholarly journals LITERATURE AND IDENTITY

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-38
Author(s):  
Dragana Litričin Dunić ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Literature ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Popular Literature ◽  
National Character ◽  
The Other ◽  
The West ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Self Image ◽  
The One

Literature can represent, on the one hand, the establishment of cultural and national identity, and, on the other hand, a constant indicator of the differences. Self-image and the image of the Other in literature is very important not only for understanding national character and preservation of cultural identity, but also for the release from ideological reading and stereotyping. Analyzing the image of the Other, research into the representation of the Balkans symbolically represents in the popular literature of the West, study of the cultural context and the processes that formed the writer’s perceptions that determine the establishment of stereotypes about Homo Balcanicus and many others, are all important tasks of imagological research, as well as the key research tasks conducted nowadays. In this paper we shall discuss some of these issues in the field of comparative literature

scholarly journals Realtà e memoria di una disfatta

2010 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
The Other ◽  
The West ◽  
Military Conflict ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Short Essay ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact

Realtà e memoria di una disfatta does not address either the causes of the Six Day War or the consequences that the military conflict had for Israelis and Palestinians, about which much has been written. It focuses instead on the impact of the war on Arab countries, and the weighty legacy left by the defeat of 1967, which has been much less studied. There are several references to this in the short essay by Samir Kassir, L'infelicità araba, published posthumously in Italy in 2006. In his analysis, Kassir warns against falling into the dual trap that has ensnared the Arab world for the last forty years: on the one hand the Orientalist reading that lays the blame on Islam for the delayed modernisation of this part of the world, and on the other the temptation to heap responsibility for all evils on the West. To avoid this risk, as Kassir sees it, the Arabs have to take their destiny into their own hands, shrugging off victimism and coming to terms with modernity.

Decolonising African Cultural Identity in Es’kia Mphahlele’s Chirundu : A literary Appreciation

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-45
Author(s):  
Malesela Edward Montle
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Hybridity ◽  
African Culture ◽  
The West ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
African Renaissance ◽  
The World ◽  
Colonial Theory ◽  
The One

Though Africans are striving to re-define and re-construct themselves through re-asserting their eroded African cultural identity, this appears to be a mammoth, almost insurmountable task. It remains a nuanced terrain because, on the one hand, there is material benefit from being bedfellows with the neocolonial forces while on the other hand, there is hardship which is meted out against the proponents of African decolonisation, particularly the quintessential ones. Sanctions are one of the austerity measures which the neo-colonial powers use to suppress those Africans who genuinely want to advance African renaissance. This is the cause of identity crisis among many Africans, and unsavoury marriages of convenience between the West and African nations today. This paper, therefore, seeks to examine the dilemma faced by the essentialist adherents of African culture today and their supposed role in the advancement of Africa as a continent. It uses Chirundu's character in Es'kia Mphahlele's novel of the same name, as a case in point. The argument, in this paper, is grounded on Afrocentricity as a strand of Post-Colonial Theory (with or without a hyphen) with an implied suggestion that the solution to Africa's postcolonial challenges lies in forging cultural hybridity with the nations of the world.

Arab and Islamic Shari'a Perspectives on the Current System of International Criminal Justice

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adel Maged
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Current System ◽  
The Other ◽  
International Criminal Justice ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
The West ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

AbstractThe Arab World is currently witnessing various conflicts, which have resulted in the death and displacement of many innocent civilians. It is notable that the current system of international criminal justice has failed to address many of the atrocities committed during those conflicts. In order to rectify this, it is imperative that "voices of reason" accurately convey to the West the attitudes of the Arab people towards this system. This article attempts to illustrate, on the one hand, that Islamic Shari'a principles, which have had a remarkable impact on the Arab legal systems, are compatible with the provisions of the current system of international criminal justice, and to explain, on the other hand, Arab skepticism with regard to that system.

scholarly journals La parole aux images, ou Multilinguisme et traduction dans les films de John McTiernan

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvain Agiboust
Keyword(s):  
Spoken Language ◽  
The Other ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
The Real ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Mise En Scene ◽  
Spoken Words ◽  
The Spectator ◽  
The One

Most of modern Hollywood action movies are Manichean and ethnocentric but John McTiernan’s films are surprisingly scrupulous in the depiction of other cultures and the use of foreign languages. The director first uses theses languages for their musicality and exotic feeling. The ability to speak is depicted as the main characteristic of humanity. The understanding of the other one is based on the knowledge of its language, so the interpreter became a very important role in McTiernan’s movies. The interpreter’s character appears as a link between the individuals, wrangled over their own language and culture. The interpreter is also standing for the spectator and leads him into unknown worlds. John McTiernan does not only make movies about interpreters. The act of translation appears to be the one of the most important aspects of his cinematographic style. McTiernan considers spoken words mostly as noises and thinks that the real meaning of the movie is delivered by the pictures themselves: the expressivity of cinema is the one of framing and camera moves. The audience may not understand the language spoken by the characters but he can always rely on the pictures, which are meaningful. McTiernan’s mise en scene becomes a substitute for spoken language.

scholarly journals The Anxieties of the Silent Colonial Discourse in the Sheik

MANUSYA ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Omar Moumni
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
The Other ◽  
Colonial Discourse ◽  
The West ◽  
European Origin ◽  
Cultural Anxieties

In this paper I examine the Orientalist discourse of the silent movie The Sheik and its contribution to the cultural construction of the Western empire. I argue that despite the orientalizing representation of the Arab “other,” this discourse fails to complete its mission and hence problematizes the cultural identity of the sheik. The movie focuses on the sheik as a villainous Arab whose identity, as the film develops, is revealed to be of European origin. This hybridity problematizes the colonial identitarian discourse, reflects cultural anxieties intrinsic to the West and disrupts the colonial dream of conquering and dominating the “other.”

scholarly journals PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA ASING DI INDONESIA: ANTARA GLOBALISASI DAN HEGEMONI

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Iman Santoso
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
The West ◽  
The World ◽  
Western Values ◽  
Points Of View

Foreign language learning in Indonesia constitutes an attempt for Indonesians to be able to absorp and keep up with the development of science and technology in the world, and to provide a way for Indonesian people to interact with other global members. On the other hand, there appears some concern that there may be infiltration of foreign values, especially from the West, that might weaken the learners‘ identities as Indonesians. This concern has emerged because foreign language learning generally presents Western elements of cultures and  values. If it is not critically examined, these Western values are likely to change the learners‘ points of view of cultural values appropriate to be practised in their lives. Foreign language learning is also suspected as a means for the West to extend the Western hegemonies over the East such as Indonesians. This article explores a number of issues: (i) learning situations of foreign languages in Indonesia, (ii) Western hegemonic forms over the Eastern world through foreign language learning and (iii) alternative forms of foreign language learning based on ethnopedagogic and intercultural values.

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