Compensation and the Melanesian state: Why the Kwaio keep claiming

Contemporary Pacific

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-67

  Akin, David ^a  

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Author keywords

Compensation; Identity; Kastom; Kwaio; Malaita; Solomon islands; Urban violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033483412     PISSN: 1043898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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