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Original Articles

Threat to Ethnic Identity: The Experience of White Afrikaans-Speaking Participants in Postapartheid South Africa

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Pages 149-169 | Received 23 Sep 1999, Accepted 24 Jan 2001, Published online: 03 Apr 2010

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