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English Academy Review
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Volume 25, 2008 - Issue 1
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Women out of Africa

Self‐made women in a (racist) man's world: The ‘tragic’ lives of Nella Larsen and Bessie Head

Pages 66-76 | Published online: 28 May 2008

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