Talking cultural diversities: considerations of cultural exchange and multilingual literature

“In a multilingual world, where cultural dialogue and language mixing are regular occurrences, it seems obvious to expand our gaze beyond the literature of one language area, such as Afrikaans, Dutch or English. In its place, I believe that we should embrace a research approach that takes into account multilingual and transnational literature, as well as linguistically or culturally hybrid forms of production.”