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‘Going Home’ in Post-conflict Sierra Leone: Diamonds, agriculture and re-building rural livelihoods in the Eastern Province

Tony Binns J. A. (Tony) Binns is Ron Lister Professor of Geography, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9001, New Zealand (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Roy Maconachie R. A. Maconachie is a Graduate Researcher, Centre for the Comparative Study of Culture, Development and Environment, University of Sussex, Falmer, BrightonBN1 9SJ, UK (e-mail: R. A. [email protected]).
Pages 67-78 | Published online: 11 Aug 2020

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