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The 'new' Customary Land Tenure in Zambia: Implications for Women's Land Rights and Livelihoods 赞比亚的 "新 "习惯土地保有权：对妇女土地权利和生计的影响

Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa Pub Date : 2024-01-05 DOI: 10.1353/trn.2023.a916803

Phillan Zamchiya, Chilombo Musa

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'Other people are left to live like normal': White victimhood on lockdown 其他人只能像正常人一样生活"：被封锁的白人受害者

Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa Pub Date : 2024-01-05 DOI: 10.1353/trn.2023.a916800

Nicky Falkof

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Whites and Democracy in South Africa by Roger Southall (review) 南非的白人与民主》，作者 Roger Southall（评论）

Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa Pub Date : 2024-01-05 DOI: 10.1353/trn.2023.a916805

Daniella Rafaely

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Tennis, Apartheid and Social Justice: The First Non-Racial International Tennis Tour, 1971 by Saleem Badat (review) 网球、种族隔离与社会正义：Saleem Badat 著的《1971 年首次非种族国际网球巡回赛》（评论）

Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa Pub Date : 2024-01-05 DOI: 10.1353/trn.2023.a916806

G. Vahed

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Citizen and Pariah: Somali Traders and the Regulation of Difference in South Africa by Vanya Gastrow (review) 公民与贱民：Vanya Gastrow 著的《索马里商人与南非的差异管理》（评论）

Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa Pub Date : 2024-01-05 DOI: 10.1353/trn.2023.a916804

Mamokete Modiba

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Fighting and writing during Zimbabwe's interregna: Part I–A morbid murder 津巴布韦地区间战争期间的战斗与写作：第一部分--病态谋杀

Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa Pub Date : 2024-01-05 DOI: 10.1353/trn.2023.a916801

David Moore

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The making of Trotskyist tradition in South Africa: A reading of 'The Spark', 1935–1937 南非托派传统的形成：1935-1937年《火花报》解读

Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa Pub Date : 2024-01-05 DOI: 10.1353/trn.2023.a916802

C. Soudien

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