Authenticity, Identity, and Humanity: The Hai‖om San and the State of Namibia

Anthropological Forum

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 262-284

  Hitchcock, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Farms; Hai om San; Humanity; Namibia; Resettlement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942982542     PISSN: 00664677     EISSN: 14692902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00664677.2015.1027658     Document Type: Article

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