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“The Problem of Witchcraft”: Violence and the Supernatural in Global African Refugee Mobilities

“The Problem of Witchcraft”: Violence and the Supernatural in Global African Refugee Mobilities

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“The Problem of Witchcraft”: Violence and the Supernatural in Global African Refugee Mobilities

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“The Problem of Witchcraft”: Violence and the Supernatural in Global African Refugee Mobilities

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New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

African studies review, 2020-09, Vol.63 (3), p.660-682

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English

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New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

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Over the last two decades, witchcraft violence has emerged steadily as a “push factor” for African asylum seekers who argue that being accused of witchcraft or targeted with witchcraft renders them members of a “particular social group” (PSG), subject to persecution and eligible for refugee protection under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. This arti...

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“The Problem of Witchcraft”: Violence and the Supernatural in Global African Refugee Mobilities

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2448988485

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2448988485

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0002-0206

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1555-2462

DOI

10.1017/asr.2019.42

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