Poetry, citizenship and diplomacy: The case of Western Sahara.
This article argues for greater consideration of the role of poetry and poets in diplomacy and as a medium for the recognition of contested citizenships. We take Western Sahara, the site of an ongoing anti‐colonial war, as our case study and explore how Saharawi poets engage foreign publics in their...
| Publicado en: | Geographical Journal Vol. 192; no. 1; pp. 1 - 15 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2026
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