Description: Of interest to linguists, artists, ma-youth, scholars of urban studies, educationalists, policy makers and language planners who are grappling with the challenges of multilingualism and language of education in Kenya.
Brief description: Chege Githiora is Professor of Linguistics, African Languages and Literatures at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and is author of Afro-Mexicans: Discourse of race and identity in the African Diaspora.
Review Quotes: 'Sheng uses Kiswahili grammar and the lexicon of African and other languages, and for this reason Professor Githiora has identified Sheng as a variety of Kiswahili which has affected the teaching of Standard English, Kiswahili and other languages in East Africa, but especially in Kenya. This is the first book devoted wholly to various aspects of Sheng and it will greatly help the reader to understand this Kenyan linguistic phenomenon.' ---IRERI MBAABU, Professor of Kiswahili and Linguistics, Kenyatta University.