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Postcolonial Criticism and Representations of African Dictatorship: The Aesthetics of Tyranny. By Cécile Bishop. (Research Monographs in French Studies, 41.) Oxford: Legenda, 2014. ix + pp., ill.

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Postcolonial Criticism and Representations of African Dictatorship: The Aesthetics of Tyranny. By Cécile Bishop. (Research Monographs in French Studies, 41.) Oxford: Legenda, 2014. ix + pp., ill. / Baker, Charlotte.
In: French Studies, Vol. 69, No. 3, 07.2015, p. 430-431.

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Baker, C 2015, 'Postcolonial Criticism and Representations of African Dictatorship: The Aesthetics of Tyranny. By Cécile Bishop. (Research Monographs in French Studies, 41.) Oxford: Legenda, 2014. ix + pp., ill.', French Studies, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 430-431. https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/knv114

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Baker, C. (2015). Postcolonial Criticism and Representations of African Dictatorship: The Aesthetics of Tyranny. By Cécile Bishop. (Research Monographs in French Studies, 41.) Oxford: Legenda, 2014. ix + pp., ill. French Studies, 69(3), 430-431. https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/knv114

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Baker C. Postcolonial Criticism and Representations of African Dictatorship: The Aesthetics of Tyranny. By Cécile Bishop. (Research Monographs in French Studies, 41.) Oxford: Legenda, 2014. ix + pp., ill. French Studies. 2015 Jul;69(3):430-431. doi: 10.1093/fs/knv114

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Baker, Charlotte. / Postcolonial Criticism and Representations of African Dictatorship: The Aesthetics of Tyranny. By Cécile Bishop. (Research Monographs in French Studies, 41.) Oxford: Legenda, 2014. ix + pp., ill. In: French Studies. 2015 ; Vol. 69, No. 3. pp. 430-431.

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