Translocal Connections across the Indian Ocean
Swahili Speaking Networks on the Move
Translocal Connections across the Indian Ocean
Swahili Speaking Networks on the Move
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Description
The book describes the worlds where Swahili is spoken as multi-centred contexts that cannot be thought of as located in a specific coastal area of Kenya or Tanzania. The articles presented discuss a range of geographical areas where Swahili is spoken, from Somalia to Mozambique along the Indian Ocean, in Europe and the US.
Francesca Declich is Associate Professor at the Università di Urbino. She has been researcher at the Refugee Studies Centre in Oxford, the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) at Leiden University, the African Studies Center at Northwestern University and the Center for African Studies at Stanford University. She has developed a wide experience in the Western Indian Ocean region by carrying out research projects in southern Somalia, Tanzania and Mozambique as well as conducting research with Somali refugees in the US. She has published numerous articles, chapters and books.
Francesca Declich is Associate Professor at the Università di Urbino. She has been researcher at the Refugee Studies Centre in Oxford, the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) at Leiden University, the African Studies Center at Northwestern University and the Center for African Studies at Stanford University. She has developed a wide experience in the Western Indian Ocean region by carrying out research projects in southern Somalia, Tanzania and Mozambique as well as conducting research with Somali refugees in the US. She has published numerous articles, chapters and books.