'We are the first people': Land, natural resources and identity in the Central Kalahari, Botswana

Journal of Southern African Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 797-824

  Hitchcock, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNIC MINORITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LAND RIGHTS;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0036918750     PISSN: 03057070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305707022000043520     Document Type: Article

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