The talk goes outside: Argument, privacy and power in Mambila society towards a sociology of embedded praxis

Africa

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 606-622

  Zeitlyn, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; POWER RELATIONS; ROTATING SAVINGS AND CREDIT ASSOCIATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 2642539346     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2003.73.4.606     Document Type: Article

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