The African "Other" as Displaced Enslaved and Refugee: Internal Borders across Time and Place

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The African "Other" as Displaced Enslaved and Refugee : Internal Borders across Time and Place. / Olwig, Karen Fog.

In: Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2023, p. 1-21.

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Olwig, KF 2023, 'The African "Other" as Displaced Enslaved and Refugee: Internal Borders across Time and Place', Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feac038

APA

Olwig, K. F. (2023). The African "Other" as Displaced Enslaved and Refugee: Internal Borders across Time and Place. Journal of Refugee Studies, 36(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feac038

Vancouver

Olwig KF. The African "Other" as Displaced Enslaved and Refugee: Internal Borders across Time and Place. Journal of Refugee Studies. 2023;36(1):1-21. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feac038

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Olwig, Karen Fog. / The African "Other" as Displaced Enslaved and Refugee : Internal Borders across Time and Place. In: Journal of Refugee Studies. 2023 ; Vol. 36, No. 1. pp. 1-21.

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