African modes of self-writing

Public Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 239-273

  Mbembe, Achille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 0036340942     PISSN: 08992363     EISSN: 15278018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/08992363-14-1-239     Document Type: Article

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