Uta Reuster–jahn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4117344 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Uta Reuster–jahn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Uta |
| FAMILY NAME | Reuster–jahn |
| SIGNATURE | JAHN U R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Hamburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3718-6449 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social media as new canvas, space, and channel for Afrophone literatures
Democratizing poetic voices
TuzoChallenge—The first collaborative Swahili online novel on Facebook (Tanzania)
Littératures en langues africaines
En 2007, la première œuvre de fiction en swahili fut publiée sur Internet, au moment où l’écrivain et l’éditeur Eric James Shigongo lançait un blog pour y éditer ses romans sous forme de séries, ainsi qu’une sélection d’extraits de ses tabloïds. Son objectif n’était pas alors de vendre ses œuvres, mais de constituer un lectorat plus large et d’attirer de la publicité sur son site. Au cours de ces dernières années, de nouvelles formes de publicati…
From slang to sleek
Urban language in Tanzania is based on Swahili. It is a complex linguistic phenomenon which, depending on contexts, can be used as a sociolect, a register, or a speech style. As its creators and users are predominantly male urban youths, it shares many features with other urban youth languages in Africa. This urban language, in Swahili called lugha ya mitaani, has been described linguistically by Reuster-Jahn and Kießling (2006), who focused on i…
Kecskési, Maria (Hrsg.)
Anthropos , Seite 237 - 238
Literary Code-Switching in Contemporary Swahili Popular Fiction in Tanzania
Mr. President”
In a number of African countries, the musical open letter has emerged as a new genre of popular music since 2000, in the context of democratization and a certain postdemocratization disillusionment. Through those letters, young urban musicians publicly and directly address political leaders, protesting against a lack of accountability, and demanding a fair dialogue about the representation of voters' interests. This explains why many musical open…
The Mwera lamellophone Luliimba
The lamellophone of the Makonde/Mwera type from south-eastern Tanzania and north-eastern Mozambique is a particular member of the family of lamellophones in Africa. It has been described by Margot Dias (1982, 1986, 1988) and Gerhard Kubik (1996, 1998), but until recently had not been studied in a performance context. This type of lamellophone has drawn scholarly interest because of its uniqueness. Kubik assumes that it could be the remnant of a s…
The Entertainment-Programme of Ndanda Mission Press
Mr. President”
In a number of African countries, the musical open letter has emerged as a new genre of popular music since 2000, in the context of democratization and a certain postdemocratization disillusionment. Through those letters, young urban musicians publicly and directly address political leaders, protesting against a lack of accountability, and demanding a fair dialogue about the representation of voters' interests. This explains why many musical open…
Literary Code-Switching in Contemporary Swahili Popular Fiction in Tanzania
The Entertainment-Programme of Ndanda Mission Press
The Mwera lamellophone Luliimba
The lamellophone of the Makonde/Mwera type from south-eastern Tanzania and north-eastern Mozambique is a particular member of the family of lamellophones in Africa. It has been described by Margot Dias (1982, 1986, 1988) and Gerhard Kubik (1996, 1998), but until recently had not been studied in a performance context. This type of lamellophone has drawn scholarly interest because of its uniqueness. Kubik assumes that it could be the remnant of a s…
Mr. President”
In a number of African countries, the musical open letter has emerged as a new genre of popular music since 2000, in the context of democratization and a certain postdemocratization disillusionment. Through those letters, young urban musicians publicly and directly address political leaders, protesting against a lack of accountability, and demanding a fair dialogue about the representation of voters' interests. This explains why many musical open…
Kecskési, Maria (Hrsg.)
Anthropos , Seite 237 - 238
Literary Code-Switching in Contemporary Swahili Popular Fiction in Tanzania
From slang to sleek
Urban language in Tanzania is based on Swahili. It is a complex linguistic phenomenon which, depending on contexts, can be used as a sociolect, a register, or a speech style. As its creators and users are predominantly male urban youths, it shares many features with other urban youth languages in Africa. This urban language, in Swahili called lugha ya mitaani, has been described linguistically by Reuster-Jahn and Kießling (2006), who focused on i…
Littératures en langues africaines
En 2007, la première œuvre de fiction en swahili fut publiée sur Internet, au moment où l’écrivain et l’éditeur Eric James Shigongo lançait un blog pour y éditer ses romans sous forme de séries, ainsi qu’une sélection d’extraits de ses tabloïds. Son objectif n’était pas alors de vendre ses œuvres, mais de constituer un lectorat plus large et d’attirer de la publicité sur son site. Au cours de ces dernières années, de nouvelles formes de publicati…
Social media as new canvas, space, and channel for Afrophone literatures
Democratizing poetic voices
TuzoChallenge—The first collaborative Swahili online novel on Facebook (Tanzania)
Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (5 works) · Swahili (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Tanzania (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works)