Introduction: Family and gender relations in Tanzania - inequality, control and resistance

Gender, Family and Work in Tanzania

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 1-16

  Creighton, Colin ^a   Omari, C K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

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EID: 84948990008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315190099-1     Document Type: Editorial

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