Series 4 Episode 3: Alice Te Punga Somerville on fertility and making babies for the revolution

Birthing and Justice with Dr Ruth De Souza by Dr Ruth De Souza

Jan 25, 202349:04Society & Culture

Synopsis: Birthing holds a different significance for Indigenous communities that have experienced colonial attempts at elimination. For scholar, poet and irredentist Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville, (Te Āti Awa, Tar...

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