Travels in inhumanity: Véronique Tadjo's tourism in Rwanda

French Cultural Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-164

  Hitchcott, Nicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genocide; L'Ombre d'Imana; Rwanda; Tourism; Travel; V ronique Tadjo

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349509818     PISSN: 09571558     EISSN: 17402352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957155809102630     Document Type: Review

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