"Eyes have no curtains": The moral economy of secrecy in managing love affairs among adolescents in northern Tanzania in the time of AIDS

Africa Today

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 57-73

  Haram, Liv ^a  

^a NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORALITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN PROVINCE [KENYA]; KENYA; MERU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33846504841     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2005.51.4.56     Document Type: Article

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