Ethnogenesis and fractal history on an African frontier: Mambila-njerep-mandulu

Journal of African History

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-138

  Zeitlyn, David ^a   Connell, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Historiography; Linguistics; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; ETHNICITY;

CAMEROON; NIGERIA;

EID: 0037656136     PISSN: 00218537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002185370200823X     Document Type: Article

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