Books By Neville Alexander - Author

Neville Edward Alexander (22 October 1936 – 27 August 2012) was a major proponent of linguistic diversity and multilingualism. After his release in 1974 from political imprisonment on Robben Island, South Africa, he carried out pioneering work in the field of language policy and planning in South Africa, contributing to the National Language Project, and becoming founder and director of the Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA). In 1981, he was appointed Director of the South African Committee for Higher Education (SACHED) in Cape Town, South Africa. He also made an influential contribution to the Language Plan Task Group (LANGTAG) process instituted in 1996. His prolific research output on language and education issues in South Africa is reflected in various academic journals and books. He has also written on socialism, and in 2003 published An ordinary country: Issues in the transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa. In 2003, he was co-chair of the steering com