Traditional Landholding Certificates in Zambia: Preventing or Reinforcing Commodification and Inequality?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Southern African Studies
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0305-7070,1465-3893
DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2018.1461490