Post-apartheid 'Tribalism'? land, ethnicity and discourses on san subversion in West Caprivi, Namibia

African Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-338

  Taylor, Julie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 73349099243     PISSN: 00020184     EISSN: 14692872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00020180802504999     Document Type: Article

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