Power and the quest for recognition: Neotraditional titles among the new elite in NSO', Cameroon

Africa

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 383-402

  Fisiy, Cyprian ^a   Goheen, Mitzi ^a  

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EID: 0039487203     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1161255     Document Type: Article

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