Conflicting reactions to chi’ixnakax utxiwa: A reflection on the practices and discourses of decolonization

Makoni, Sinfree

doi:10.1075/lcs.00011.mak

Article published In: Language, Culture and Society
Vol. 1:1 (2019) ► pp.147–151

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Conflicting reactions to chi’ixnakax utxiwa

A reflection on the practices and discourses of decolonization

Sinfree Makoni | Penn State University

Published online: 12 April 2019

https://doi.org/10.1075/lcs.00011.mak

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