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the closed society and its critics: historical transformations in African ethnography

  • COMAROFF J
American Ethnologist (1984) 11(3) 571-583
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1984.11.3.02a00100
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COMAROFF, J. L. (1984). the closed society and its critics: historical transformations in African ethnography. American Ethnologist, 11(3), 571–583. https://doi.org/10.1525/ae.1984.11.3.02a00100

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