Power, honour and shame: The ideology of royal slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate

Africa

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 394-421

  Stilwell, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 0039592759     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2000.70.3.394     Document Type: Article

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