The marriage of convenience: The U.S. Christian right, African christianity, and postcolonial politics of sexual identity

Global Homophobia: States, Movements, and the Politics of Oppression

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 75-102

  Kaoma, Kapya J ^a  

^a AFRICA UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

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