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Migrant Identities in Multilingual Contexts: Nigerian Migrants' Language Use in Public Spaces in Cape Town
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Chimaobi Onwukwe; Hannah Gibson – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
The study investigates language use and identity navigation among Nigerian migrants with a focus on language use in public and social spaces in Cape Town, South Africa. It reports on ethnographic observation, participant observation and semi-structured interviews. Findings reveal the use of spoken Igbo and isiXhosa in interactions among primarily…
Descriptors: Immigrants, African Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Usage