The changing value of children among the Kikuyu of Central Province, Kenya

Africa

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 410-435

  Price, Neil ^a  

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EID: 0039468396     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1160960     Document Type: Article

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