Game farm conversions and the land question: Unpacking present contradictions and historical continuities in farm dwellers' tenure insecurity in Cradock

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 207-219

  Mkhize, Nomalanga ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

farm dwellers; farm workers; game farms; tenure security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906096066     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2014.925303     Document Type: Article

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