Casting characters: Autobiography and political imagination in Central Kenya

Research in African Literatures

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 176-192

  Peterson, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67649756861     PISSN: 00345210     EISSN: 15272044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/RAL.2006.37.3.176     Document Type: Article

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