'No! I'm not a refugee!' The poetics of be-longing among young Oromos in Toronto

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 230-255

  Kumsa, Martha Kuwee ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oromo identity; Refugee youth in Canada

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; REFUGEE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 33645869251     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fel001     Document Type: Article

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