"The publication of this book is a welcome addition to a growing literature on the topic and is sure to provide a highly needed jolt to those who still need it to wake up from their "dogmatic slumber." What stands out as we peruse the ten chapters that make up this volume is that the authors are fully aware of the importance of viewing language planning as key to offsetting the corrosive aftereffects of the legacy of colonialism that still persist, albeit in subtle and often imperceptible ways, in many of these nation states, most of them relatively recently carved out from the shambles of colonialism."Kanavillil RajagopalanProfessor of Linguistics at the State University of Campinas, Brazil