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dc.contributor.advisorRoy Dilley-
dc.contributor.authorNeil C.M., Carrier-
dc.contributor.editorMartin R. Doornbos-
dc.contributor.editorCarola Lentz-
dc.contributor.editorJohn Lonsdale-
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-11T07:42:08Z-
dc.date.available2018-10-11T07:42:08Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.isbn978 90 04 15659 3-
dc.identifier.urihttp://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/9043-
dc.descriptionThis book traces from farm to consumer some of the many trajectories that one particular substance follows in its ‘social life’ (Appadurai 1986) within Kenya and beyond. The substance in question is more widely known as qat or khat, and comes from a tree with the botanical name Catha edulis (Forsskal). In Kenya many terms are applied to it, and these include the following: veve, gomba, shamba, green gold, Igembe grass, mairungi, mbachu, topong the power, and, of course, miraa-
dc.languageenen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBrillen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Social Studies Seriesen_US
dc.titleKenyan Khaten_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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