Contested claims to gardens and land: gendered practice in post-war northern Uganda

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Contested claims to gardens and land : gendered practice in post-war northern Uganda. / Obika, Julaina; Adol, Ben Otto ; Babiiha, Sulayman Mpisi; Whyte, Michael.

Contested Property Claims: What Disagreement Tells Us About Ownership. ed. / Maja Hojer Bruun; Patrick J. L. Cockburn; Bjarke Skærlund Risager; Mikkel Thorup. Oxford & New York : Routledge, 2018. p. 205-220.

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Harvard

Obika, J, Adol, BO, Babiiha, SM & Whyte, M 2018, Contested claims to gardens and land: gendered practice in post-war northern Uganda. in MH Bruun, PJL Cockburn, BS Risager & M Thorup (eds), Contested Property Claims: What Disagreement Tells Us About Ownership. Routledge, Oxford & New York, pp. 205-220.

APA

Obika, J., Adol, B. O., Babiiha, S. M., & Whyte, M. (2018). Contested claims to gardens and land: gendered practice in post-war northern Uganda. In M. H. Bruun, P. J. L. Cockburn, B. S. Risager, & M. Thorup (Eds.), Contested Property Claims: What Disagreement Tells Us About Ownership (pp. 205-220). Routledge.

Vancouver

Obika J, Adol BO, Babiiha SM, Whyte M. Contested claims to gardens and land: gendered practice in post-war northern Uganda. In Bruun MH, Cockburn PJL, Risager BS, Thorup M, editors, Contested Property Claims: What Disagreement Tells Us About Ownership. Oxford & New York: Routledge. 2018. p. 205-220

Author

Obika, Julaina ; Adol, Ben Otto ; Babiiha, Sulayman Mpisi ; Whyte, Michael. / Contested claims to gardens and land : gendered practice in post-war northern Uganda. Contested Property Claims: What Disagreement Tells Us About Ownership. editor / Maja Hojer Bruun ; Patrick J. L. Cockburn ; Bjarke Skærlund Risager ; Mikkel Thorup. Oxford & New York : Routledge, 2018. pp. 205-220

Bibtex

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