About me
I am a Professor of African Studies (Chair of African Linguistics and Literatures) at the University of Vienna with the following research expertise:
* African linguistics (African language structures and situations)
* African diasporas / Africa-China Relations / Global African diaspora studies
* Documentation and revitalization of African languages and literatures
* Health humanities (the contribution of humanistic disciplines to health care)
I have broad interests in analyzing current African and global affairs.
Current Responsibilities:
Professor (Chair of African Linguistics and Literatures), University of Vienna
Founding Director, Global African Diaspora Studies (GADS), Vienna
President, Federation Internationale des Langues et Litteratures Modernes (FILLM)
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Conferences & Lectures
Round Table at the Conference of West of African Languages (Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivory Coast), October 2025.
Glossonomy in Africa in the context of language reconstruction and classification: state of the art and perspectives
Kenynote address at the 5th School of Languages Conference (University of Ghana), October 2025. Climate Repair: Contributions at the intersection of language, culture and biodiversity.
Keynote speech at the Afrika Fest / Welt-Swahili-Tag, Nebersdorf (AT), July 2025.
Kiswahili as a UNESCO World Heritage Language – Global Significance and Cultural Impact.
Lecture at the Università per Stranieri di Siena (Italy), March 2025.
Cross-Cultural Communication between Africans and Chinese.
Latest Publications
Dong, H. & Che, D. & Bodomo, A. 2025. Traditional beliefs as target and weapon: A case study of family planning banners in China. Journal of Language and Politics.
Dong, H., Ye, W., & Bodomo, A. 2025. Beyond Soft Power: African Students in China as Cross-Cultural Bridges. African and Asian Studies (published online ahead of print 2025).
Angsongna, A. & Teshome, Z. & Koblitz, C. & Stuhlhofer, E. & Zhang, Y. & Knittelfelder, E. & Sylla, Y. & Bodomo, A. 2025. Toward the Third Liberation of Africa: Revitalizing Pan-Africanism for Economic, Political, and Linguistic Independence in the Sahel Region. African Studies Quarterly. 23. 1-25.
Agbaji, D. D., Ishola, I. G., and Bodomo, A. 2025. Do natural resources determine Chinese education aid? A subnational analysis of Chinese aid to Africa, Extractive Industries and Society, vol. 23.
Dakurah, G. & Kanwetuu, V. & Bodomo, A. 2025. No Kagyin, No Funerals Among the Dagaaba of North-West Ghana: Understanding the Symbolic and Ritual Aspects of the Uses of Crops. Omega Journal of Death and Dying 91 (2).
Bodomo, A. 2025. “VI.3.1 Afriphone Literatur als Weltliteratur”. In Borsò, V. & Schahadat, S. (eds) Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Weltliteratur. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2025, pp. 459-471.
Bodomo, A. and Carola Koblitz. 2024. (ed) Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Diversity in a Global Perspective. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 275 pages