Under the gaze of the 'big nations': Refugees, rumours and the international community in Tanzania

African Affairs

Volumn 103, Issue 411, 2004, Pages 227-247

  Turner, Simon ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMANITARIAN AID; INTERNATIONAL AID; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; REFUGEE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 1842639540     PISSN: 00019909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adh006     Document Type: Article

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