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Fictions of African Dictatorship: Cultural Representations of Postcolonial Power

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Fictions of African Dictatorship: Cultural Representations of Postcolonial Power. / Baker, Charlotte Anne (Editor); Hannah, Grayson (Editor).
Oxford: Peter Lang, 2019. 262 p. (Race and Resistance across Borders in the long Twentieth Century).

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Baker, CA & Hannah, G (eds) 2019, Fictions of African Dictatorship: Cultural Representations of Postcolonial Power. Race and Resistance across Borders in the long Twentieth Century, Peter Lang, Oxford. <https://pdfhost.io/v/be356MxBH_Fictions_of_African_Dictatorship.pdf>

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Baker, C. A., & Hannah, G. (Eds.) (2019). Fictions of African Dictatorship: Cultural Representations of Postcolonial Power. (Race and Resistance across Borders in the long Twentieth Century). Peter Lang. https://pdfhost.io/v/be356MxBH_Fictions_of_African_Dictatorship.pdf

Vancouver

Baker CA, (ed.), Hannah G, (ed.). Fictions of African Dictatorship: Cultural Representations of Postcolonial Power. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2019. 262 p. (Race and Resistance across Borders in the long Twentieth Century).

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Baker, Charlotte Anne (Editor) ; Hannah, Grayson (Editor). / Fictions of African Dictatorship : Cultural Representations of Postcolonial Power. Oxford : Peter Lang, 2019. 262 p. (Race and Resistance across Borders in the long Twentieth Century).

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