1. Language Contact and Structure in Urban IsiXhosa and Associated Youth Languages Silvester Ron Simango; 2. Not 'Deep' but Still IsiXhosa: Young People's Urban IsiXhosa and its Relation to Tsotsitaal Tessa Dowling; 3. Rethinking Youth Language Practices in South Africa: An Interactional Sociocultural Perspective Heather Brookes; 4. Tsotsitaals, Urban Vernaculars, and Contact Linguistics Rajend Mesthrie; 5. Grammatical Hybridity in Camfranglais? Roland Kießling; 6. Sheng and Engsh in Kenya's Public Spaces and Media: From Nganya and Mathree to Broadcast Proggiez Maarten Mous and Sandra Barasa; 7. Exploring Hybridity in Ivorian French and Nouchi Akissi Béatrice Boutin; 8 Authenticity and the Object of Analysis: Methods of Youth Language Data Collection Ellen Hurst-Harosh and Eyo Offiong Mensah; Index.

An up-to-date, theoretically informed study of male, in-group, street-aligned, youth language practice in various urban centres in Africa.