Ritual and political forms of violent practice among the Suri of southern Ethiopia

Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines

Volumn 38, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 271-295

  Abbink, Jon ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0344203788     PISSN: 00080055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3406/cea.1998.1804     Document Type: Article

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