Gifting mecca: Importing spiritual capital to West Africa

Mobilities

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-381

  Kenny, Erin ^a  

^a DRURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gifting; Pilgrimage; West Africa

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RELIGION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; MECCA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 35648941583     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450100701597376     Document Type: Article

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