Eritrea on-line: Diaspora, cyberspace, and the public sphere

American Ethnologist

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 660-675

  Bernal, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Conflict; Cyberspace; Diaspora; Eritrea; Politics; Public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544435178     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2005.32.4.660     Document Type: Article

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