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Precarious Geography: Landscape, Memory, Identity and Ethno-regional Nationalism in Niger Delta Poetry Cover

Precarious Geography: Landscape, Memory, Identity and Ethno-regional Nationalism in Niger Delta Poetry

By: Ogaga Okuyade  
Open Access
|Apr 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ewcp-2021-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2067-5712 | Journal ISSN: 1583-6401
Language: English
Page range: 133 - 166
Published on: Apr 10, 2022
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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