The state as raider among the Karamojong: 'Where there are no guns, they use the threat of guns'

Africa

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 427-455

  Knighton, Ben ^a  

^a Oxford Centre for Mission Studies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL LEGACY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; PEACE PROCESS; VIOLENCE; WEAPON;

KARAMOJA; UGANDA;

EID: 0242407102     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2003.73.3.427     Document Type: Article

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