Wiped from the map of the world'? Zanzibar, critical geopolitics and language

Geopolitics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 662-681

  Myers, Garth Andrew ^a   Muhajir, Makame A ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

EID: 84883460720     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: 15573028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14650045.2013.769962     Document Type: Article

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