A Chewa cosmology of the body

American Ethnologist

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 561-578

  Kaspin, Deborah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Body; Chewa; Cosmology; Malawi; Rainmaking; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030516794     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1996.23.3.02a00060     Document Type: Article

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