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
Lecture at the Univeristy of Ghana (Legon, Ghana), 2026.
From Sacred Groves to Biosphere Reserves in Africa: Indigenous Knowledge in Support of UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere Programme,
Keynote Speech at CIPSH Academic Symposium (Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China), April 2026.
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.
Latest Publications
Angsongna, A., Bodomo, A., 2026. Talking politics: Deception, persuasion, and linguistic strategies in Ghanaian political discourse, Social Sciences & Humanities Open, Volume 13, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.102436
Angsongna, A., Issah, S. A., Abubakari, H., Adjong, D., Bisilki, A. K., Atintono, S. A., & Bodomo, A. 2026. Tone in Mabia Languages: Structure and Processes. Languages, 11(5), 104.
https://doi.org/10.3390/languages11050104
Angsongna, A., Bogpene, M., Ngaanuma, V., & Bodomo, A. 2026. Framing Wars: The Politics of Labeling and Identity Construction in Ghana. Social Sciences, 15(5), 278. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci15050278
Kenne, J. K., & Bodomo, A. 2026. Migration and linguistic integration: an investigation of Chinese immigrants’ language learning experience before moving to Africa. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 47(3), 1433–1442. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2024.2420844
Song, P., Jiang, D., Zhou, J., Zhu, Y., Abdul Manaf, R., Adamu Bojude, D., Agbre-Yace, M.L., Ali, S., Allen, O., Anayochukwu, E.A., Aranda, Z., Bahattab, A., Bodomo, A., Borrescio-Higa, F., Buchtova, M., Buljan, N., Deshmukh, V., Díaz-Castro, L., Cheema, S., Ekezie, W., Ganasegeran, K., Ganesan, B., Glasnović, A., Graham, C.J., Htay, M., Igwesi-Chidobe, C., Iversen, P.O., Islam, M.M., Jafar Karim, A., Kalpič, B., Kanma-Okafor, O., Lanza, G., Luz, S., Mahikul, W., Mladenić, D., Muchai Manyara, A., Munipalli, B., Myburgh, N., Ng, z.X., Nikolopoulos, G., Park, C., Park, J.J., Peprah, P., Rudan, K., Shah, S.A., Shi, T., š tiglic, G., Sutan, R., Tsanas, A., Tibble, H., Tawab Khpalwak, A., Tomlinson, M., Vento, S., Vlasac Glasnović, J., Wang, L., Xu, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Sheikh, E., Ozoh, O.B., Tsiachristas, A., Adeloye, D., Kerr, S., Sanwalka, M., Orešković, S., Sheikh, A., Rudan, I., 2026. Research priorities for data science and artificial intelligence in global health: an international consensus exercise. The Lancet Global Health, Volume 14, Issue 3, 2026.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00473-5