The TRC women's hearings as performance and protest in the new South Africa

Research in African Literatures

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 60-76

  Oboe, Analisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 62749170070     PISSN: 00345210     EISSN: 15272044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/RAL.2007.38.3.60     Document Type: Article

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