The translocation of a West African banking system: The yoruba esusu rotating credit association in the anglophone Caribbean

Dialectical Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-107

  Maynard, Edward S ^a  

^a HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 34247690196     PISSN: 03044092     EISSN: 15730786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00244379     Document Type: Review

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