Between town and country: Shifting identity and migrant youth in Uganda

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-223

  Barratt, Caroline ^a   Mbonye, Martin ^b   Seeley, Janet ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; PERCEPTION; URBAN AREA; YOUNG POPULATION;

UGANDA;

EID: 84861306860     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X1200002X     Document Type: Article

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