Writing from the Center or the Margins? Olaudah Equiano's Writing Life Reassessed

African Studies Review

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Earley, Samantha Manchester ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

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EID: 43249199223     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1515039     Document Type: Article

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