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Readings in Modernity in Africa

by Peter Geschiere, Peter Pels (Editor), Birgit Meyer
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Synopsis

A student guide to the variety of scholarly work on the issue of modernity in Africa.

About the Author, Peter Geschiere

Peter Geschiere is Professor of African Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.

Birgit Meyer is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Free University, Amsterdam.

Peter Pels is Professor of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Leiden.

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Book Details

Published
December 1, 2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780253351760

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