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The Message(s) in the Music: Lyrics Promote Accountability in Nigeria

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The Swahili Word for Transparency, and the Fallacies of Linguistic Determinism

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A Novel Attempt to Break the Language Barrier in Research

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{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. – William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet Language is known to be the medium of knowledge creation and dissemination of ideas. However, it…