Impact of Tourism in East Africa

Anne Storch is a Professor in the Institute of African Studies at the University of Cologne, Germany. She has published widely on African languages, African sociolinguistics, tourism and critical heritage studies, metalinguistic discourse and colonial linguistics.Angelika Mietzner is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of African Studies at the University of Cologne, Germany. Her research interests include Nilotic languages, African sociolinguistics, anthropological linguistics and tourism.

• Figures and BoxesAbbreviationsCheck-inChapter 1. BoardingChapter 2. Terrible Magical Ways of HealingChapter 3. The Philosophy of Hakuna MatataChapter 4. KarenChapter 5. Highway to HellChapter 6. Ruins on the BeachChapter 7. Relocation and RelationshipsChapter 8. On Various BoundariesChapter 9. Hostility on a T-ShirtChapter 10. Movies on Sex Tourism that You Shouldn’t MissChapter 11. The Ancient SpeakerChapter 12. Cooking ClassChapter 13. Glossy GlossaryReferencesIndex

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