Njama's supper: The consumption and use of literary potency by Mau Mau insurgents in colonial Kenya

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 524-548

  Smith, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/s001041759800139x     Document Type: Article

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