Arrows and earth shrines: Towards a history of Dagara expansion in southern Burkina Faso

Journal of African History

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 377-406

  Kuba, Richard ^a   Lentz, Carola ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decentralized societies; Ethnicity; Land Burkina Faso; Religion

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION; VIOLENCE;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 0037001436     PISSN: 00218537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021853702008241     Document Type: Article

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