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The Immortalisation of Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo

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Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo of Zimbabwe

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This chapter compliments the previous one very well as it shifts the lens to the immortalisation of Nkomo through a statue, grave and naming process.

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  1. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pretoria, South Africa

    Henry Chiwaura

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  1. Archie Mafeje Research Institute, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

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Chiwaura, H. (2017). The Immortalisation of Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo. In: Ndlovu-Gatsheni, S. (eds) Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo of Zimbabwe. African Histories and Modernities. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60555-5_17

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