Rights violations, rumour, and rhetoric: Making sense of cannibalism in Mambasa, Ituri (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 825-843

  Pottier, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36348990832     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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