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Mixed-ish: race, class and gender in 1950s–60s Kampala through a life history of Barbara Kimenye

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Pages 355-374 | Received 29 Sep 2021, Accepted 23 Dec 2022, Published online: 23 Jan 2023

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Serialisation of Barbara Kimenye’s unpublished memoirs in Daily Monitor