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Sociolinguistics and modes of social class signalling: African perspectives
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)
The paper evaluates spatial, behavioural, and material signal-ling of social class in African contexts, focusing on Kenya and Zambia. In particular, it draws on notions of mode of class signalling and intersectionality and ...
Pertinent African accounts of ambivalence and benefits in commuter marriages
(Cogent OA, 2022)
The article attempts to unpack the ambivalence and benefits of commuter marriages. The study applied a qualitative paradigm, as well as a qualitative
approach to investigate 17 participants between the ages of 30 to 52 ...
Africa’s living rivers: Managing for sustainability
(MIT Press, 2021)
Africa’s human population is growing rapidly and is set to account for 40 percent
of global numbers by 2100. Further development of its inland waters, to enhance
water and energy security, is inevitable. Will it follow ...
Expanding the boundaries through African women’s theologies
(Wiley, 2022)
The development and key features of African women’s theologies, primarily through the
Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, has entered the mainstream of theological
education, which could provide insights for ...
African studies keywords: Queer
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)
“Queer” is a relatively recent and somewhat controversial term in African
studies. Yet it is proving to be productive, not only for understanding African subjectivities
of sexuality and gender, but also for situating ...
Religious leaders as agents of Lgbtiq inclusion in east Africa
(Oxford University Press, 2023)
When Ugandan parliamentarians passed a new Anti-Homosexuality Bill in March 2023, they reportedly did so under pressure from, and with the enthusiastic support of, religious leaders.1 In other African countries, too, recent ...
Food shaming and race, and hungry translations
(Taylor & Francis, 2023)
Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America by Psyche A. Williams-Forson (2022) and Hungry Translations: Relearning the World Through Radical Vulnerability by Richa Nagar (2019) deal with food and hunger in relation ...