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Geography of Meaning, Topography of Struggle in a Kinyarwanda Dictionary - André Coupez, Thomas Kamanzi, Simon Bizimana, et al. Inkoranya y'ikinyarwaanda mu kinyarwaanda nó mu gifaraansá; Dictionnaire Rwanda-Rwanda et Rwanda-Français. 3 vols. Butare, Rwanda: Institut de recherche scientifique et technologique; Tervuren: Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 2005. xxix + 2895 pp. €75.00. Paper. €75.00. CD-ROM with Adobe Reader.

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André Coupez, Thomas Kamanzi, Simon Bizimana, et al. Inkoranya y'ikinyarwaanda mu kinyarwaanda nó mu gifaraansá; Dictionnaire Rwanda-Rwanda et Rwanda-Français. 3 vols. Butare, Rwanda: Institut de recherche scientifique et technologique; Tervuren: Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 2005. xxix + 2895 pp. €75.00. Paper. €75.00. CD-ROM with Adobe Reader.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2013

David Schoenbrun*
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Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

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