To fight or to farm? Agrarian dimensions of the Mano River conflicts (Liberia and Sierra Leone)

African Affairs

Volumn 104, Issue 417, 2005, Pages 571-590

  Richards, Paul ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; POLITICAL CONFLICT; RURAL POLITICS; WAR; YOUNG POPULATION;

AFRICA; LIBERIA; SIERRA LEONE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 27744512993     PISSN: 00019909     EISSN: 14682621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adi068     Document Type: Article

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