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Names: Schneider, Luisa T. (Luisa Theresia), 1991– author.
Title: Love and violence in Sierra Leone : mediating intimacy after conflict / Luisa T. Schneider.
Description: Cambridgef ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024. | Series: The international African library | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024014457 (print) | LCCN 2024014458 (ebook) | ISBN 9781009533034 (hardback) | ISBN 9781009533003 (paperback) | ISBN 9781009532990 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Intimate partner violence--Sierra Leone. | Sexual assault--Law and legislation--Sierra Leone. | Sierra Leone--Social conditions--1961-
Classification: LCC HV6626.23.S44 S45 2024 (print) | LCC HV6626.23.S44 (ebook) | DDC 362.82/9209664--dc23/eng/20240520
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