'At the bottom of the social heap: A youth underclass in inner-city Harare?

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-89

  Kamete, Amin ^a  

^a NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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EID: 32944465342     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260500523655     Document Type: Article

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