"A real bag of mixed emotions": Re-entry experiences of South African exiles

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-389

  Steyn, Melissa E ^a   Grant, Terri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Political exile; Post apartheid South Africa; Re entry adjustment; Return migration; Returnee; Sojourners

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847788294     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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