30/07/2025
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๐ท๐๐-๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐: ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐
By Finex Ndhlovu and Jesta Masuku
Mandela University Press proudly announces the release of Pan-African Integration from Below: Language, Publics, Culture, a thought-provoking exploration of Pan-Africanism grounded in the lived realities of everyday African communities.
Challenging traditional, top-down approaches, this book introduces a vernacular discourse approach, centring language, publics, and culture as critical tools for reimagining Pan-African unity. Drawing on rich ethnographic data from African diasporas in Australia and cross-border traders at three African ports of entry, the authors highlight the often-overlooked grassroots mediators who shape African identity and integration on their own terms.
This work offers fresh insights for scholars, policymakers, and readers interested in decolonial thought, language and identity, and African futures rooted in community-based practice.
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๐ก๐ฑ๐ต๐น๐ผ๐๐ is Associate Professor of Language in Society at the University of New England, Australia, and holds visiting roles at CUNY, Western Sydney University, and Nelson Mandela University.
๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ธ๐ holds a PhD in Linguistics and lectures at the University of New England. She is also a Research Associate at Nelson Mandela University. Both authors are at the forefront of research into language, identity, and social transformation in African and diaspora contexts.
Now available from Mandela University Press and African Sun Media at [email protected].
