Africa on camera: Television news coverage and aerial imaging of Rwandan refugees

Africa Today

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 34-57

  Fair, Jo Ellen ^a   Parks, Lisa ^a  

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EID: 0038843721     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/AFT.2001.48.2.34     Document Type: Article

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