Indigenous discrimination: The ideological basis for local discrimination against hunter-gatherer minorities in sub-Saharan Africa

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 345-361

  Woodburn, James ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Dorobo; Hadza; Hunter gatherers; Maasai; Twa

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION; HUNTER-GATHERER SOCIETY; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE;

AFRICA, (SUB-SAHARA);

EID: 0030656189     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.1997.9993965     Document Type: Article

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