Between ex-combatization and opportunities for peace: The double-edged qualities of motorcycle-taxi driving in urban postwar Sierra Leone

Africa Today

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-127

  Menzel, Anne ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TRANSPORT; PEACE PROCESS; POST-WAR; TAXI TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84857539215     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: 15271978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.58.2.97     Document Type: Article

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