Regional shifts-Marginal gains and ethnic stereotypes

African Studies Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 43-56

  Geschiere, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 57749156347     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arw.2007.0094     Document Type: Review

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