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Vol. 22 No. 3-4 (1997): Africa Development: Special Issue Lumpen  Culture and Political Violence: The Sierra Leone Civil War

3 - Bush Path to Destruction: The Origin and Character of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF/SL)

https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v22i3-4.2443
Ibrahim Abdullah
Department of History, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.

Corresponding Author(s) : Ibrahim Abdullah

Ibdullah@gmail.com

Africa Development, Vol. 22 No. 3-4 (1997): Africa Development: Special Issue Lumpen  Culture and Political Violence: The Sierra Leone Civil War

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Revolutionary United Front Lumpen movement youth resistance Sierra Leone
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Abdullah, I. 1997. 3 - Bush Path to Destruction: The Origin and Character of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF/SL). Africa Development. 22, 3-4 (Jul. 1997). DOI:https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v22i3-4.2443.
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