Charles Jędrej and the ‘Deep Rurals’: A West African model moves to the Sudan, Ethiopia, and beyondFootnote^†

† Early publication from the forthcoming Special Issue of Critical African Studies: Crossing Africa and Beyond: essays in honour of Marian Charles Jedrej (1943–2007)

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