'There is no stranger to marriage here!': Muslim women and divorce in rural Zanzibar

Africa

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 582-598

  Stiles, Erin ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; GENDER ISSUE; MARRIAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

EID: 34548234325     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2005.75.4.582     Document Type: Article

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