Pnina Werbner - The Making of an African Working Class: Politics, Law, and Cultural Protest in the Manual Workers Union of Botswana

The Making of an African Working Class

Anthropology, Culture and Society

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Professor Vered Amit, Concordia University
and
Professor Christina Garsten, Stockholm University

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The Making of an
African Working Class

Politics, Law, and Cultural Protest in
the Manual Workers Union of Botswana

Pnina Werbner

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Contents

Appendix
Further Grievance Cases Settled by Lilian MaMoshe

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations