'Why are we cursed?': Writing history and making peace in north west Uganda

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-229

  Leopold, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27844498808     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2005.00233.x     Document Type: Review

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