From Aba to Ugborodo: Gender identity and alternative discourse of social protest among women in the oil delta on Nigeria

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 605-617

  Ukeje, Charles ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; OIL INDUSTRY; POPULAR PROTEST; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 10944251277     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360081042000293362     Document Type: Article

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