MAKING A LIVELIHOOD in (AND BEYOND) the AFRICAN CITY: The EXPERIENCE of ZIMBABWE

Africa

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 588-605

  Potts, Deborah ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84863553681     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: 17500184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001972011000489     Document Type: Article

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