Lapiro, the Political artist: Chronicler of Cameroonians’ Precarity.

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Lapiro, the Political artist: Chronicler of Cameroonians’ Precarity. / Tazanu, Primus Mbeanwoah.

Singing our Unsung Heroes: (Re)Membering Manu Dibango, Celebrating Cameroon Music (edited by Walters Nkwi). ed. / Walter Gam Nkwi. Langaa RPCIG, 2021. p. 79-108,.

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Harvard

Tazanu, PM 2021, Lapiro, the Political artist: Chronicler of Cameroonians’ Precarity. in WG Nkwi (ed.), Singing our Unsung Heroes: (Re)Membering Manu Dibango, Celebrating Cameroon Music (edited by Walters Nkwi). Langaa RPCIG, pp. 79-108,. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1kgdfc5.7

APA

Tazanu, P. M. (2021). Lapiro, the Political artist: Chronicler of Cameroonians’ Precarity. In W. G. Nkwi (Ed.), Singing our Unsung Heroes: (Re)Membering Manu Dibango, Celebrating Cameroon Music (edited by Walters Nkwi) (pp. 79-108,). Langaa RPCIG. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1kgdfc5.7

Vancouver

Tazanu PM. Lapiro, the Political artist: Chronicler of Cameroonians’ Precarity. In Nkwi WG, editor, Singing our Unsung Heroes: (Re)Membering Manu Dibango, Celebrating Cameroon Music (edited by Walters Nkwi). Langaa RPCIG. 2021. p. 79-108, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1kgdfc5.7

Author

Tazanu, Primus Mbeanwoah. / Lapiro, the Political artist: Chronicler of Cameroonians’ Precarity. Singing our Unsung Heroes: (Re)Membering Manu Dibango, Celebrating Cameroon Music (edited by Walters Nkwi). editor / Walter Gam Nkwi. Langaa RPCIG, 2021. pp. 79-108,

Bibtex

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