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Entwined values: protecting and subdividing land in Buganda

Valeurs enchevêtrées: protéger et subdiviser la terre au Buganda

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Pages 47-66 | Received 09 May 2017, Accepted 27 Apr 2018, Published online: 20 Jul 2018

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  • Interviews:
  • We have anonymised respondents by changing names and choosing not to disclose the precise location of study.
  • - 2, Head of Another Monkey Clan Section, September 2010.
  • - 3, Go, October 2010.
  • - 5, Go, October 2010.
  • - 14, Lu, November 2010.
  • - 15, head of Another Local Mushroom Clan Section, January 2011.
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  • - 21, Ja, May 2011.
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  • - 44, Ka’s widow, December 2016.
  • - 51, Ja, April 2017.
  • - 52, Ba, December 2017.
  • - Personal Recording, Betty Nambooze, May 2011.
  • - Unrecorded Interview, Go’s daughter, April 2011.
  • - Unrecorded Interview, Shopkeeper, November 2015.
  • - Unrecorded Interview, Ka’s Successor, December 2015.
  • - Unrecorded Interview, Na’s Neighbour, April 2016.
  • - Unrecorded Interview, Mu, April 2017.
  • - Unrecorded Interview, Ka’s heir, December 2017.

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