Legacies of Biafra: Marriage, 'home people' and reproduction among the Igbo of Nigeria

Africa

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-45

  Smith, Daniel Jordan ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; KINSHIP; MARRIAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

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

EID: 22244476757     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2005.75.1.30     Document Type: Article

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