Locating deaf people, gesture and sign in African histories, 1450s-1950s

Disability and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 531-545

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EID: 4444375988     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968759042000235352     Document Type: Article

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