The cultural politics of a traditional ceremony: Mutomboko and the performance of history on the Luapula (Zambia)

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-83

  Gordon, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL TRADITION; NATION STATE;

AFRICA; LUAPULA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 1642528840     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0010417504000040     Document Type: Article

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