
Deconstructing Otherness: A Decolonial Inquiry into the Experiences of Immigrant Students
Issue: Vol.5 No.11 Issue Article 20 pp. 1879-1890
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.202451120 | Published online 13th September, 2024
© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Deconstructing Otherness, Decoloniality, Immigrant, Postcolonialism
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Dr. Agrippa Mabvira is a distinguished scholar who recently earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Social Work at the University of the Witwatersrand. Prior to that, he served as Teaching Assistant within the same department. His research interests span a wide range of crucial topics, including Immigration, Decolonisation, Intellectual Disability, Education, Photovoice, Participatory Action Research, Acculturation and Child Welfare.
Mabvira, Agrippa. “Deconstructing Otherness: A Decolonial Inquiry into the Experiences of Immigrant Students,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 5, no.11 (2024): 1879-1890. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.202451120
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