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Text and Performance Quarterly Volume 42, 2022 - Issue 3: Critical Aunty Studies
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#AfricanAunties: performing diasporic digital disbelongings on TikTok

Bimbola AkinbolaPerformance Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 284-297 | Received 02 Sep 2021, Accepted 11 Feb 2022, Published online: 03 Mar 2022

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