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Tongan linguist heads to Oxford uni to decolonise language

06:01 am on 27 March 2024

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Photo: Vasalua Jenner-Helu

Tongan linguist and scholar Vasalua Jenner-Helu has been accepted as a Visiting Academic in Linguistics at the University of Oxford.

Jenner-Helu, who is a senior lecturer at the local 'Atenisi Institute, will travel to Oxford where she will study and present her research for three months at the end of the year.

RNZ Pacific's Finau Fonua spoke with Vasalua Jenner-Helu