Dream and Drama: The Search for Elegance among Congolese Youth

African Studies Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-48

  Gondola, Ch Didier ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011476680     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/525527     Document Type: Article

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