The ANC's Dilemma: The Symbolic Politics of Three Witch-Hunts in the South African Lowveld, 1990–1995

African Studies Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 93-118

  Niehaus, Isak A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 85011436449     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/525355     Document Type: Article

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