Borders and identities/border identities: The Angola‐Namibia border and the plurivocality of the Kwanyama identity

Journal of Borderlands Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 21-38

  Brambilla, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

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EID: 79951828901     PISSN: 08865655     EISSN: 21591229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2007.9695675     Document Type: Article

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