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Special collection: Legacies of struggle in Southern and Eastern Africa: Biography, materiality and human remains. Guest editors: Joost Fontein and Justin Willis

The spectacle of death: visibility and concealment at an unfinished memorial in South Sudan

Pages 115-132 | Received 04 Jul 2016, Accepted 14 Jan 2017, Published online: 21 Feb 2017

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