Yusuf's choice: East African agency during the German colonial period in Abdulrazak Gurnah's novel paradise

English Studies in Africa

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-64

  Berman, Nina ^a  

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Author keywords

Abdulrazak Gurnah; caravan trade; colonial collaboration; colonial intermediaries; East Africa; German colonialism; indenture; Paradise; slavery; subaltern agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878917425     PISSN: 00138398     EISSN: 19438117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00138398.2013.780681     Document Type: Article

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