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Nici has published on urban anthropology, gender and development and approaches to development.
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- ↑ Nelson, Nici (1978). "Dependence and Independence: Female Household Heads in Mathare Valley, A Squatter Community in Nairobi, Kenya" (PDF). eprints.soas.ac.uk. School of Oriental and African Studies. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ↑ Berhane-Selassie, Tsehai (1983). "Reviewed Work: African Women in the Development Process by Nici Nelson. Journal of Southern African Studies Vol. 10, No. 1, Special Issue on Women in Southern Africa (Oct., 1983), pp. 140-141". jstor.org. Jstor. Originally Taylor & Francis, Ltd. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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- ↑ Nelson, Nici (1996). "Representations of Men and Women, City and Town in Kenyan Novels of the 1970s and 1980s. African Languages and Cultures Vol. 9, No. 2, Gender and Popular Culture (1996), pp. 145-168 (24 pages)". jstor.org. Jstor. Originally Taylor & Francis, Ltd. Retrieved 25 August 2022.