Multipartyism and nostalgia for the unified past: Discourses of democracy in a dance association in Cameroon

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 276-298

  Ignatowski, Clare A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Cultural politics; Dance; Multipartyism; Performance; Song

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942542645     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2004.19.2.276     Document Type: Article

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