Trajectories of a mask performance: The case of the Senegalese Kumpo

Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-71

  De Jong, Ferdinand ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Capitalism; Casamance; Globalisation; Mask; Performance

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; MARKET TRANSITION; MATERIAL CULTURE;

SENEGAL;

EID: 0032992136     PISSN: 00080055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3406/cea.1999.1964     Document Type: Article

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