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Special collection: rethinking Idi Amin's Uganda

Rethinking the state in Idi Amin's Uganda: the politics of exhortation

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Pages 58-82 | Received 04 Jan 2012, Accepted 26 Oct 2012, Published online: 26 Feb 2013

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