Women's worlds, siblings in dispute over inheritance: A view from Botswana

Africa Today

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-84

  Griffiths, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANGUAGE; LEGAL SYSTEM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RURAL SOCIETY; WOMENS STATUS;

BOTSWANA; MOLEPOLOLE;

EID: 0036524592     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2002.49.1.60     Document Type: Article

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