Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia

Finex Ndhlovu is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of New England, Australia. Finex has held teaching and research positions at the University of Fort Hare in South Africa, Victoria University in Melbourne and Midlands State University in Zimbabwe. His major publications include The Politics of Language and Nation Building in Zimbabwe and Nationalism Matters: The African National Project in an Age of Globalisation.

• 1. Introduction and Conceptual Issues 2. Language and Identity in Australian Immigration Policy 3. Language(s) and Nationality: Prime Markers of Diaspora Identities? 4. Belonging and Attitudes toward Migrant Heritage Languages 5. Too Tall, Too Dark to be Australian 6. Being and Becoming Australian 7. Language Practices in Regional Settings – The Language Nesting Model 8. Conclusion: Alternative Imaginations of Diasporas – Insights from Decoloniality ?

'Theoretically, Ndhlovu's argument broadens how we conceptualize diversity, and moreover, it deepens theories of migration and diaspora studies.' - Ethnic and Racial Studies