Tradition, custom, and otherness: The politics of identity in Mozambique

Identities

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-248

  Virtanen, Pekka ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; Boundary; History; Political identity; Tradition

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; HISTORY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 32144457713     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10702890490950583     Document Type: Article

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