Soul citizenship: The Black Hebrews and the state of Israel

American Anthropologist

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 302-312

  Markowitz, Fran ^a   Helman, Sara ^a   Shir Vertesh, Dafna ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Black Hebrews; Citizenship; Diasporas; Israel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038509871     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2003.105.2.302     Document Type: Review

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