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Special collection: His Eternity Julius Nyerere? Politics, morality and subjectivities in Tanzania

Tanzanian newspaper poetry: political commentary in verse

Pages 515-537 | Received 11 Apr 2013, Accepted 25 Mar 2014, Published online: 10 Jun 2014

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