From impulsive adventure to from impulsive adventure to postcolonial commitment: Making white identity in contemporary Kenya

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-45

  Uusihakala, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

diasporic histories; Kenya; postcolontal Africa; settler communities; white identities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746811233     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136754949900200102     Document Type: Article

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