Children in a South African squatter camp gain and lose a voice

Growing Up in an Urbanizing World

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 111-134

  Swart Kruger, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

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EID: 85071519411     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315541365-13     Document Type: Chapter

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