December 2022

December 2022, Volume 3, Issue 1

Founding Editor & Editor in Chief
Dr. Agya Boakye-Boaten, Ph.D.
UNC Asheville

Associate Editor
Dr. Tiece Ruffin, Ph.D.
UNC Asheville
Managing Editor
Dr. Jeremias Zunguze, Ph.D.
UNC Asheville

Copy Editor
Michael E. Gouge, M.A.
UNC Asheville
Production Editor
Brandy Bourne, M.L.I.S.
UNC Asheville
Administrative Support
Emily Herzog
UNC Asheville

Feature Articles

Front Matter

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Introduction
JEREMIAS ZUNGUZE; University of North Carolina, Asheville

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Decolonial Musings: a conversation with Drs. Trey Adcock, Ameena Batada, Agya Boakye-Boaten, and Jeremias Zunguze
TREY ADCOCK; AMEENA BATADA; AGYA BOAKYE-BOATEN; JEREMIAS ZUNGUZE, UNC Asheville; TAVENGWA GWEKWERERE, California State University, Los Angeles

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The It Neter or father of the god: a case study of cultural dislocation and (re)location in Kemet. Part I: The royal court, miscellaneous examples, and Senenmut.
KIMANI NEHUSI; Temple University, Pennsylvania

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The It Neter or father of the god: A case study of cultural dislocation and (re)location in Kemet. Part II: The temple, Ay and Joseph
KIMANI NEHUSI; Temple University, Pennsylvania

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Multilingualism and decolonization in Femi Osofisan’s plays: A postcolonial perspective
JIDE AJIDAHUN; Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Nigeria

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Performing the Third Chimurenga: Popular expressions of nationalism in the context of land reform in Zimbabwe
SHINGI MAVIMA; University of Toledo, Ohio

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Poems
JIDE AJIDAHUN, Ph.D.; Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Nigeria

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