Marginalisation of the Waata Oromo hunter-gatherers of Kenya: Insider and outsider perspectives

Africa

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 194-216

  Kassam, Aneesa ^a   Bashuna, Ali Balla ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; ETHNIC MINORITY; HUNTER-GATHERER; MARGINALIZATION; NATIONAL PARK;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4644259687     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2004.74.2.194     Document Type: Article

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