Nomadic Connectivity: An Ethnography of Walad Djifir Navigating Insecurities in Central Africa 9783110714685, 9783110714609

A focus on the everyday has produced this ethnography, which hopes to give a nuanced voice to an extended family of semi

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Nomadic Connectivity: An Ethnography of Walad Djifir Navigating Insecurities in Central Africa
9783110714685, 9783110714609

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