37.3147, Books: The Dynamics of Mobility in African Languages and Literatures: Mwamzandi and Birya (eds.) (2026)

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Subject: 37.3147, Books: The Dynamics of Mobility in African Languages and Literatures: Mwamzandi and Birya (eds.) (2026)

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Date: 01-Oct-2026
From: Arianne Hill [Arianne.Hill at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: The Dynamics of Mobility in African Languages and Literatures: Mwamzandi and Birya (eds.) (2026)


Title: The Dynamics of Mobility in African Languages and Literatures
Subtitle: Opportunities and Challenges
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
           http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
Book URL:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/dynamics-of-mobility-in-african-languages-and-literatures-9781666973310/

Editor(s): Mohamed Mwamzandi, Raphael Birya

Hardback.
9781666973310.
£80.00.

Abstract:

This book creates avenues for reflecting on the place of language and
literature in the formation of contemporary African identities and
institutions in the global age.
The works explored in this book include those written by people of
African descent in the continent and “physically and culturally mobile
writers” in the diaspora. Africa has been the center of movement and
interconnectedness of diverse people and geographies for centuries.
Furthermore, both physical and virtual mobility via contemporary
technologies such as the internet have brought about new words, hybrid
cultures, identities and institutions that open up new avenues,
opportunities and challenges to the continent and people of African
descent at large.
This book is a collection of twelve chapters that address the question
of mobility in three thematic areas: Afro-diasporic cultures and
literatures (Part 1); resistance and rebellion in the postcolonial era
(Part 2); and resilience and challenges faced by African languages in
the continent and the global stage (Part 3).

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics




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