Publication
Against Isolation: Multilingualism, Transnationalism and Literary Dialogue in Dutch–Afrikaans Formations. A Report with Critical Reflections on a Research Programme
T’Sjoen, Yves. 2024. Against Isolation: Multilingualism, Transnationalism and Literary Dialogue in Dutch–Afrikaans Formations. A Report with...
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Against Isolation: Transnationalism and Literary Dialogue in Dutch-Afrikaans Formations
Critics on both sides of the so-called ‘Afrikaans question’ tend to characterise the language as a hyper-local, and hence insulated, socio-cultural phenomenon.
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Stratégies familiales, diasporas et investissements: Migrations, mobilités et développement en Afrique Tome 2
Eyebiyi, Elieth P and Angèle Flora Mendy. 2019. Stratégies familiales, diasporas et investissements: Migrations, mobilités et développement ...
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Mobilités, circulations et frontières: Migrations, mobilités et développement en Afrique Tome 1
Eyebiyi, Elieth P and Angèle Flora Mendy. 2019. Mobilités, circulations et frontières: Migrations, mobilités et développement en Afrique Tom...
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Mobility, Subjectivity and the Poetics of Space-making in the Western Indian Ocean Novels
Literary works by African writers of Asian descent construct the experiences of Asian communities in the western Indian Ocean (East Africa) as counter-narratives that seek to provide alternative and more nuanced accounts of Asian presence in the region.
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Multi-class families, regional disparities and the emergence of middle classes in Africa
Drawing on my own fieldwork in Ghana as well as secondary sources on West Africa, but also other African countries, this project will explore two challenges in particular.
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Rethinking South African Literature(s)
This is a collaborative, interdisciplinary project, located in the Faculty of Arts at UWC, which seeks to rethink the ways in which we conceptualise and understand the field of South African literatures, almost three decades after the legislated ending of apartheid, and just over two decades after Michael Chapman’s landmark study, Southern African Literatures (1996), arguably the first (and last) study to engage thoroughly with literatures in all languages in the region.
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Migration Stories: The US Visa Lottery and Global Citizenship
A book about Togolese who apply for the US Diversity Visa lottery will be completed.
