Entrustment and its changing political meanings in Fuladu, the Gambia (1880-1994)

Africa

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 383-410

  Bellagamba, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GAMBIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 16344372174     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2004.74.3.383     Document Type: Review

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