Remembering 'the troubles': Reproductive insecurity and the management of memory in Cameroon

Africa

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-29

  Feldman Savelsberg, Pamela ^a   Ndonko, Flavien T ^b   Yang, Song ^c  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; MEMORY; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; CENTRE [CAMEROON]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD; YAOUNDE;

EID: 22244435284     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2005.75.1.10     Document Type: Article

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