Functions of Urban and Youth Language in the New Media: The Case of Sheng in Kenya

Morphosyntactic retention and innovation in Sheng, a youth language or stylect of Kenya

Abstract This paper examines the morphosyntax of the East African Swahili-based urban youth la

Negotiating the New Media Platforms: Youth and Political Images in Kenya

New media platforms, particularly social networks act as vehicles for visual representation of a nat

Youth for Life: Language, Narration, and the Quality of Youth in Urban Kenya

In popular media "the youth" in Africa is often the object of wide-ranging anxieties with talk of po

The new urban youth language Yabacrâne in Goma (DR Congo)

Yabacrâne is a Kiswahili-based youth language practice used by youths in Goma, Eastern Democratic Re

A Case Study of the Application of the Kenyan “Sheng” Language in Marketing

As societies evolve, different demographic groups come up with their own vocabulary for social inter

3. Sheng: an urban variety of Swahili in Kenya