Weaponising voices, language and writing in times of turmoil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22355359 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Quraysha Ismail Sooliman (0000-0002-9239-1269, University of Pretoria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Decolonising Disciplines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2664-3308 • E-ISSN: 2664-3405 |
| Publisher | University of Pretoria - ESI Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.35293/jdd.v2i2.3601 |
| OpenAlex | W3198252977 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Whilst sitting in Vietnam and watching what is happening in the world today, most notably in Afghanistan, a friend of mine furiously WhatsApped a multitude of messages. He could only marvel at the Taliban's victory. For him, as it is for me, the developments are simply startling. As the Taliban literally walked into the many provinces and simply took back Afghanistan after a twenty-year occupation by a world superpower, without any significant opposition, the pages of history were swiftly being written or perhaps, re-written? Tellingly, the tale of 'the women' was amplified the loudest. It was about giving voice to the oppressed, by a saviour -it was about those who needed to be saved from the barbarians. But history may well tell a different story. Well, that depends on who writes it from now on and who is allowed to read what 'they' will write
Linguistics · Political science · Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies · Educational Methods and Analysis · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |