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Articles

Future visions, present conflicts: the ethnicized politics of anticipation surrounding an infrastructure corridor in northern Kenya

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Pages 707-727 | Received 07 Jul 2020, Accepted 20 Sep 2021, Published online: 07 Oct 2021

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