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Cross-Border Couriers as Symbols of Regional Grievance?: The Malayitsha Remittance System in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe 跨境快递是地区不满的象征?:津巴布韦马塔贝莱兰的马来西亚汇款系统

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African Diaspora Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/18725465-00701003

Tinashe Nyamunda

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引用次数: 15

Introduction: Frameworks for Analyzing Conflict Diasporas and the Case of Zimbabwe 引言:分析冲突散居者和津巴布韦案例的框架

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African Diaspora Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/18725465-00701001

J. Mcgregor, Dominic Pasura

引用次数: 9

Not Just a Personal Decision: Moral Obligations and Collective Pressures on Return to Zimbabwe 不只是个人决定:返回津巴布韦的道德义务和集体压力

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African Diaspora Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/18725465-00701002

E. Mortensen

引用次数: 12

Migration, Transnationalism and the Shaping of Zimbabwean Pentecostal Spirituality 移民，跨国主义和津巴布韦五旬节派灵性的塑造

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African Diaspora Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/18725465-00701007

K. Biri

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引用次数: 8

Vuvuzela Magic: The Production and Consumption of ‘African’ Cultural Heritage during the FIFA 2010 World Cup 呜呜祖拉魔法:2010年世界杯期间“非洲”文化遗产的生产和消费

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African Diaspora Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/18725465-00702003

D. Jethro

引用次数: 9

Majoni-joni – Wayward Criminals or a Good Catch?: Labour Migrancy, Masculinity and Marriage in Rural South Eastern Zimbabwe 马琼尼-琼尼-任性的罪犯还是一个好猎物?:津巴布韦东南部农村地区的劳工迁移、男子气概和婚姻

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African Diaspora Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/18725465-00701005

Kundai Manamere

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引用次数: 6

Transnational Parenting and the Emergence of ‘Diaspora Orphans’ in Zimbabwe 跨国养育与津巴布韦“散居孤儿”的出现

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African Diaspora Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/18725465-00701006

Ushehwedu Kufakurinani, Dominic Pasura, J. Mcgregor

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引用次数: 26

Introduction: 'African': a contested qualifier in global Africa “非洲”:全球非洲的一个有争议的限定词

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African Diaspora Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/18725465-00702001

M. Witte, R. Spronk

引用次数: 5

Postcolonial Stakes of Congolese (DRC) Political Space: 50 Years after Independence 刚果(金)政治空间的后殖民风险:独立后50年

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African Diaspora Pub Date : 2013-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/18725457-12341242

Sarah Demart, Leila Bodeux

引用次数: 9

Congolese migration to Belgium and postcolonial perspectives 刚果移民到比利时和后殖民观点

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African Diaspora Pub Date : 2013-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/18725457-12341239

Sarah Demart

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引用次数: 21