The 'Masai' and miraa: Public authority, vigilance and criminality in a Ugandan border town

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-317

  Titeca, Kristof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CRIME; DRUGS TRADE; PARALLEL ECONOMY; SECURITY THREAT; SMUGGLING; TRAFFICKING; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 71749120160     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X0900384X     Document Type: Article

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