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‘A house for dead people’: memory and spatial transformation in Red Location, South Africa

“Une maison pour les morts”: mémoire et transformation spatiale à Red Location en Afrique du Sud

‘Una casa para los muertos’: memoria y transformación espacial en Red Location, Sudáfrica

Pages 407-428 | Received 14 Jul 2015, Accepted 21 Nov 2016, Published online: 27 Jan 2017

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