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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2000): African Sociological Review

2 - Gender masked or self-inflicted pain: female circumcision, eradication and persistence in Central Kenya

https://doi.org/10.4314/asr.v4i1.23173
Beth Maina Ahlberg
Wangui Njau
Karanja Kiiru
lngela Krantz

African Sociological Review, Vol. 4 No. 1 (2000): African Sociological Review

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Gender masked female circumcision eradication persistence in Central Kenya
Beth Maina Ahlberg, Wangui Njau, Karanja Kiiru, & lngela Krantz. (2000). 2 - Gender masked or self-inflicted pain: female circumcision, eradication and persistence in Central Kenya. African Sociological Review, 4(1), 35–54. https://doi.org/10.4314/asr.v4i1.23173
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