Uncertain Tastes : Memory, Ambivalence, and the Politics of Eating in Samburu, Northern Kenya [1 ed.] 9780520944824, 9780520257375

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Uncertain Tastes : Memory, Ambivalence, and the Politics of Eating in Samburu, Northern Kenya [1 ed.]
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