Getting close to rwandans since the genocide: Studying everyday life in highly politicized research settings

African Studies Review

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 19-34

  Thomson, Susan ^a  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 78751559474     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0002020600005655     Document Type: Article

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