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Literature, Linguistics & Criticism

Guns end dreams: linguistic choices as trauma narrations in Baki and Adedoyin’s End sars rhythms

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Article: 2318882 | Received 28 Dec 2023, Accepted 09 Feb 2024, Published online: 23 Feb 2024

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