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Black linguistics : language, society, and politics in Africa and the Americas
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- Creator
- edited by Sinfree Makoni ... [and others] ; foreword by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- London ; New York : Routledge, 2003
- Physical Details
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- xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780415261388, 0415261376, 9781134507252, 020398661X, 1134507267, 9781134507269, 0415261384, 1134507259, 1280407581, 9780203986615, 9780415261371, 9781280407581
- OCLC
- ocn475953542, ocn252830212, ocm50654219, ocn437154159
- Includes 1 erratum sheet.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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