Part 1: Decolonising the Multilingual Body

Chapter 1. Deep Pain is Language Destroying

Chapter 2. More than One Voice

Part II: Decolonising the Multilingual Heart

Chapter 3. Hospitality - Well Come

Chapter 4. Attending to the Gist

Chapter 5. Waiting

Chapter 6. Waiting Brides

Chapter 7. Waiting Bodies

Chapter 8. Screens

Chapter 9. Parting Gifts

Chapter 10. Muted and Hyphenated

Part III: Decolonising the Multilingual Mind

Chapter 11. 'Chitsva chiri mutsoka - Gifts are in the Feet'

Chapter 12. Mihi

Chapter 13. Te Reo -The Maori Language

Chapter 14. Conclusions

Alison Phipps is UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, and Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK. She writes and publishes widely in both academic publications and the media, and is a respected activist and campaigner for humane treatment for those seeking refuge.