Witchcraft, riches and roulette: An ethnography of West African gambling in the UK

Ethnography

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-122

  Parish, Jane ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gambling; talisman; uncertainty; wealth; West Africa; witchcraft

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247657926     PISSN: 14661381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466138105055664     Document Type: Article

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