Luise White

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Luise White is Professor Emerita of History at the University of Florida and the author of several books, most recently Unpopular Sovereignty: Rhodesian Independence and African Decolonization.

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Speaking with Vampires: Rumor and History in Colonial Africa (2000) 66 copies, 1 review

The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi (1990) 35 copies, 1 review

African Words, African Voices: Critical Practices in Oral History (2001) 12 copies

The state of sovereignty: territories, laws, populations (2009) — Editor — 11 copies, 1 review

The Assassination of Herbert Chitepo: Texts and Politics in Zimbabwe (2003) 9 copies, 1 review

Fighting and Writing: The Rhodesian Army at War and Postwar (2021) 5 copies

A cautionary note on S. H. Fazan's memorandum on the rate of population increase of the Kikuyu tribe / Luise White 1 copy

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The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi (1991)

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