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A Journal of Feminist Geography
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Gender and Sexual Geographies of Blackness (part 2)

Soweto nights: making black queer space in post-apartheid South Africa

Xavier LivermonWayne State University – Africana Studies, 11th Floor, 5057 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI48202, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 508-525 | Received 31 Oct 2010, Accepted 12 Nov 2012, Published online: 09 May 2013

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