Popular Culture and Public Space in Africa: The Possibilities of Cultural Citizenship

African Studies Review

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 31-47

  Dolby, Nadine ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43249167630     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arw.2007.0024     Document Type: Article

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