Female circles and male lines: Gender dynamics along the Swahili Coast

Africa Today

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 65-101

  Askew, Kelly M ^a  

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DOI: 10.2979/aft.1999.46.3-4.66     Document Type: Article

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