Ethnic slurs as war names in the Zimbabwean liberation war
The Zimbabwean war of liberation raged from 1966 until 1979. During that time many combatants assumed (or were given) noms de guerre. From a collection of more than 4800 of these war names we found that ethnic slurs comprised 9% of the total. One name in particular, Mabhunu, an adaptation of Boer, w...
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| description | The Zimbabwean war of liberation raged from 1966 until 1979. During that time many combatants assumed (or were given) noms de guerre. From a collection of more than 4800 of these war names we found that ethnic slurs comprised 9% of the total. One name in particular, Mabhunu, an adaptation of Boer, was especially common among ethnic slurs. The war names were seen to be important by the participants; they created images to be projected to the world at large or reflections constructed by outsiders. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-41592022-06-27T13:49:06Z Ethnic slurs as war names in the Zimbabwean liberation war Barnes, Lawrie A. Pfukwa, Charles Zimbabwean war Liberation The Zimbabwean war of liberation raged from 1966 until 1979. During that time many combatants assumed (or were given) noms de guerre. From a collection of more than 4800 of these war names we found that ethnic slurs comprised 9% of the total. One name in particular, Mabhunu, an adaptation of Boer, was especially common among ethnic slurs. The war names were seen to be important by the participants; they created images to be projected to the world at large or reflections constructed by outsiders. 2021-05-11T10:31:08Z 2021-05-11T10:31:08Z 2007 Article 0027-7738 1756-2279 https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.2007.55.4.427 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4159 en Names: A Journal of Onomastics;Vol. 5; No. 4: p. 427-436 open Routledge |
| spellingShingle | Zimbabwean war Liberation Barnes, Lawrie A. Pfukwa, Charles Ethnic slurs as war names in the Zimbabwean liberation war |
| title | Ethnic slurs as war names in the Zimbabwean liberation war |
| title_full | Ethnic slurs as war names in the Zimbabwean liberation war |
| title_fullStr | Ethnic slurs as war names in the Zimbabwean liberation war |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethnic slurs as war names in the Zimbabwean liberation war |
| title_short | Ethnic slurs as war names in the Zimbabwean liberation war |
| title_sort | ethnic slurs as war names in the zimbabwean liberation war |
| topic | Zimbabwean war Liberation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.2007.55.4.427 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4159 |
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