Idioms of return: Homecoming and heritage in the rebuilding of Protea Village, Cape Town

African Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-301

  Bohlin, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heritage; Homecoming; Land restitution; Protea Village; Social memory; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051906270     PISSN: 00020184     EISSN: 14692872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00020184.2011.594638     Document Type: Article

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