Icons of longing: Homeland and memory in the Sierra Leonean Diaspora

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 73-89

  D’Alisera, JoAnn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 77954279127     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/pol.2002.25.2.73     Document Type: Article

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