Reinterpreting the rural-urban connection: Migration practices and socio-cultural dispositions of Buhera workers in Harare

Africa

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-111

  Andersson, Jens A ^a  

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EID: 0041080933     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.82     Document Type: Article

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