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INTRODUCTION: LAND POLITICS IN AFRICA – CONSTITUTING AUTHORITY OVER TERRITORY, PROPERTY AND PERSONS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2013

Christian Lund  and
Catherine Boone
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Africa , Volume 83 , Special Issue 1: Land Politics in Africa: Constituting Authority over Territory, Property and Persons , February 2013 , pp. 1 - 13
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