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Introduction: Volunteer Labor—Pasts and Futures of Work, Development, and Citizenship in East Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2015

Hannah Brown  and
Ruth J. Prince
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ASR FOCUS ON VOLUNTEER LABOR IN EAST AFRICA
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African Studies Review , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , September 2015 , pp. 29 - 42
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